Where does energy R&D come from? Examining crowding out from energy R&D

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 980-991

  Popp, David ^a,c   Newell, Richard ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Energy efficiency; Patents; R D; Technological change

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE POLICY; CROWDING OUT; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; FINANCIAL DATA; INDUCED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PATENT CITATION; PATENTS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SOCIAL COST; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PROFITABILITY;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MITIGATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84862192802     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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