Stimulating learning-by-doing in advanced biofuels: Effectiveness of alternative policies

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Xiaoguang ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b   Yeh, Sonia ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced biofuels; biofuel mandates; carbon price; cellulosic biofuel tax credit; learning by doing; low carbon fuel standard

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COST REDUCTION; TAXATION;

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; CARBON PRICE; LEARNING-BY-DOING; LOW CARBON FUELS; TAX CREDITS;

BIOFUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEARNING; POLLUTION TAX; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871833785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045907     Document Type: Article

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