The investments in renewable energy sources: Do low carbon economies better invest in Green technologies?

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Romano, Antonio Angelo ^a   Scandurra, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2 intensity; Dynamic model; Nuclear energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885941920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21464553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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