Beyond technology-push and demand-pull: Lessons from California's solar policy

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2829-2854

  Taylor, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Policy; Solar; Technological change

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE POLICIES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INNOVATION PROCESSES; MARKET FAILURES; POLICY; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY-MAKERS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; SOLAR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INNOVATION; SOLAR POWER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049096819     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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