Employment impacts of EU biofuels policy: Combining bottom-up technology information and sectoral market simulations in an input-output framework

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 447-460

  Neuwahl, Frederik ^a   Löschel, Andreas ^b   Mongelli, Ignazio ^a   Delgado, Luis ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Employment; Input output

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; MARKET; PRICING POLICY; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 53849130626     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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