Australian Residential Solar Feed-in Tariffs: Industry Stimulus or Regressive form of Taxation?

Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-129

  Nelson, Tim ^a   Simshauser, Paul ^a   Kelley, Simon ^a  

^a AGL Energy Ltd   (Australia)

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EID: 84867938859     PISSN: 03135926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0313-5926(11)50015-3     Document Type: Article

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