The impact of population ageing on energy use: Evidence from Italy

Economic Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 970-980

  Garau, Giorgio ^a   Lecca, Patrizio ^b   Mandras, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Overlapping generations model; Population ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887827675     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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