Market behaviour and the to-trade-or-not-to-trade dilemma in 'tradable white certificate' schemes

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-347

  Mundaca, Luis ^a   Neij, Lena ^a   Labanca, Nicola ^b   Duplessis, Bruno ^c   Pagliano, Lorenzo ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Commercial benefits of non trading; Ex post policy evaluation; Market behaviour; Tradable white certificate schemes

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; TARGETS;

COMMERCIAL BENEFITS; COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF NON-TRADING; COMPLIANCE APPROACHES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSES; ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS; ENERGY SUPPLIERS; ENERGY TARGETS; EX-POST POLICY EVALUATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HIGH ENERGIES; MARKET BEHAVIOUR; MARKET BEHAVIOURS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; TARGET COSTS; TRADABLE WHITE CERTIFICATE SCHEMES; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 54349109064     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-008-9026-6     Document Type: Article

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