Multiple instruments to change energy behaviour: The emperor's new clothes?

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-386

  Bye, Torstein ^a   Bruvoll, Annegrete ^a  

^a Statistics Norway ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon taxes; Energy instruments; Green certificates; Subsidies; Taxes; White certificates

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION;

CARBON TAXES; ENERGY INSTRUMENTS; GREEN CERTIFICATES; SUBSIDIES; TAXES; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 54349101204     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-008-9023-9     Document Type: Article

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