Renewable energy subsidies: Second-best policy or fatal aberration for mitigation?

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-234

  Kalkuhl, Matthias ^a,b   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,c,d   Lessmann, Kai ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon pricing; Carbon trust; Climate policy; Energy prices; Feed in tariff; Green paradox

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRICING; CARBON TRUST; CLIMATE POLICY; ENERGY PRICES; FEED-IN TARIFF; GREEN PARADOXES;

CARBON; ENERGY POLICY; OPTIMIZATION;

COSTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 84875174082     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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