Did the financial crisis lead to changes in private equity investor preferences regarding renewable energy and climate policies?

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-116

  Hofman, Daan M ^a   Huisman, Ronald ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clean tech private equity; Financial crisis; Renewable energy and climate policies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GREEN CERTIFICATES; NORTH AMERICAN; PRIVATE EQUITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; VENTURE CAPITAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE;

INVESTMENTS;

CAPITAL FLOW; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862254426     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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