Energy subsidies, structure of electricity prices and technological change of energy use

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 495-502

  Diaz Arias, Adriana ^a   van Beers, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy prices; Induced innovation; Patents; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PRICES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; PATENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR AND WIND ENERGIES; SUBSIDIES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

COSTS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; OECD; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WIND POWER;

EID: 84883775462     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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