White Certificates for energy efficiency improvement with energy taxes: A theoretical economic model

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3044-3062

  Oikonomou, Vlasis ^a   Jepma, Catrinus ^a   Becchis, Franco ^b   Russolillo, Daniele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c Fondazione per l' Ambiente 'T Fenoglio'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy taxes; White Certificates

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; TAXATION;

A-CARBON; ADDED VALUES; CARBON TAX; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; ECONOMIC MODELING; ELECTRICITY PRICING; ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS; ELECTRICITY SECTORS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ELECTRICITY TAXES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY SAVINGS; ENERGY TAXATION; ENERGY TAXES; ENERGY-SAVING PROJECTS; INITIAL POSITION; MARGINAL COSTS; MARKET PLAYERS; MARKET SITUATION; MICRO-ECONOMIC THEORY; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; TOTAL EFFECTS; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ECONOMIC THEORY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; MODELING;

EID: 52449086008     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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