Energy markets, capital inertia and economic instrument impacts

Climate Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-39

  Bailey, Ian ^a   Ditty, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital investment; Economic instruments; Emissions trading; Energy modernization; Energy prices; Energy intensive industries; Policy instruments; UK

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; INVESTMENT; MODERNIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60849116691     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2008.0454     Document Type: Article

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