Explaining the diffusion of renewable energy technology in developing countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-296

  Pfeiffer, Birte ^a   Mulder, Peter ^b  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Electricity; Renewable energy technologies; Sample selection; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SAMPLE SELECTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TWO-STAGE ESTIMATIONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; TECHNOLOGY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 84882795926     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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