Effective public resource allocation to escape lock-in: The case of infrastructure-dependent vehicle technologies

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-117

  Van Der Vooren, Alexander ^a   Alkemade, Floortje ^a   Hekkert, Marko P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Consumer adoption; Low emission vehicle technologies; Sustainability; Technological change; Variety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865768731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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