"Green" fuel tax on private transportation services and subsidies to electric energy. A model-based assessment for the main European countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bartocci, Anna ^a   Pisani, Massimiliano ^a  

^a Research Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic general equilibrium modeling; Environmental policies; European Union

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DYNAMIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 84888355264     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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