Is blending of energy and climate policy instruments always desirable?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4186-4195

  Oikonomou, V ^a   Flamos, A ^b   Grafakos, S ^c  

^a Joint Implementation Network   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate policy; End users; Energy policy interactions

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; BROKEN DOWN; CLIMATE POLICY; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; END USERS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY INTERACTION; POLICY MAKERS;

BLENDING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY POLICY;

INSTRUMENTS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 77953714060     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.046     Document Type: Article

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