Can uncertainty justify overlapping policy instruments to mitigate emissions?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-191

  Lecuyer, Oskar ^a   Quirion, Philippe ^a  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

Corner solutions; Energy policy; EU ETS; European Union; Mitigation policy; Nil CO2 price; Policy overlapping; Renewable energy; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879579043     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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