Do energy efficiency measures promote the use of renewable sources?

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-481

  Marques, António C ^a   Fuinhas, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy policy; Quantile regression; Renewable energy drivers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 79955739414     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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