Ex post analysis of economic impacts from wind power development in U.S. counties

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1743-1754

  Brown, Jason P ^a   Pender, John ^a   Wiser, Ryan ^b   Lantz, Eric ^c   Hoen, Ben ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Ex post analysis; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; INPUT-OUTPUT; PERSONAL INCOME; POLICY MAKERS; POST ANALYSIS; WIND POWER CAPACITY; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864913480     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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