Market imperfections and economic efficiency of white certificate systems

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-371

  Perrels, Adriaan ^a  

^a Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy saving; Instrumental efficiency; Policy effectiveness; Tradable white certificates (TWC)

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; KETONES; MARKETING; TAXATION;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; ENERGY MARKETS; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVINGS; ENERGY TAXES; FINLAND; FREE-RIDING; INSTRUMENTAL EFFICIENCY; MODELLING; NETHERLANDS; POLICY EFFECTIVENESS; PRICE FORMATIONS; REGULATORY; TARGET SETTINGS; TRADABLE WHITE CERTIFICATES (TWC); TRANSACTION COSTS; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 54349114402     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-008-9020-z     Document Type: Article

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