Policy risk and private investment in Ontario's wind power sector

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-486

  Holburn, Guy ^a   Lui, Kerri ^b   Morand, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Policy stability; Regulation; Renewable energy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT; POLICY STRATEGY; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 78751485968     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.36.4.465     Document Type: Article

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