Integrating bioenergy into computable general equilibrium models - A survey

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-686

  Kretschmer, Bettina ^a   Peterson, Sonja ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; CGE model; Climate policy

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CGE MODEL; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY SECURITY; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; GLOBAL MODELS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; RESEARCH AREAS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; WORLD ECONOMY;

BIOFUELS; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77950519728     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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