Climate change and energy policy in Chile: Up in smoke?

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 235-248

  Mundaca, Luis ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chile; Climate and energy policy; Neoliberal economic model

Indexed keywords

CHILE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC MODELS; ENERGY MIX; ENERGY SECURITY; ENERGY SUPPLY MIX; ENERGY USE; LATIN AMERICANS; PER CAPITA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STRUCTURAL ISSUES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ENERGY POLICY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MODEL TEST; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

CHILE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84870785008     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.073     Document Type: Article

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