Distorted Time Preferences and Time-to-Build in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy Industry

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-241

  Heinzel, Christoph ^a   Winkler, Ralph ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Discounting; Distorted time preferences; Energy industry; Environmental and technology policy; Technological transition; Time to build

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY;

DISCOUNTING; ENERGY INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; TIME PREFERENCES; TIME-TO-BUILD;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

DISCOUNT RATE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 79955878821     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9431-0     Document Type: Article

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