The impact of environmental policy instruments on innovation: A review of energy and automotive industry studies

Ecological Economics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-123

  Bergek, Anna ^a   Berggren, Christian ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Innovation; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84905687491     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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