Environmental policy, fuel prices and the switching to natural gas in Santiago, Chile

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2877-2884

  Coria, Jessica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environmental policy; Technological adoption; Tradable permits

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURAL GAS; PRICING POLICY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADE AGREEMENT;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68149121998     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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