Social cost-benefit analysis of electricity interconnector investment: A critical appraisal

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3096-3105

  De Nooij, Michiel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infrastructures; Interconnector; Project evaluation

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATES; EUROPEAN LEVELS; INFRASTRUCTURES; INTERCONNECTOR; INTERCONNECTORS; INVESTMENT PLAN; PROJECT EVALUATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSION INVESTMENTS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY PLANNING; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INVESTMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; WELFARE IMPACT;

EUROPE;

EID: 79955905442     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.049     Document Type: Article

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