Localised knowledge, local policies and regional innovation activity for renewable energy technologies: Evidence from Italy

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 443-466

  Corsatea, Teodora Diana ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b International Centre for Economic Research (ICER)   (Italy)

Author keywords

energy security; governmental policy; Innovation; regional analysis; renewable energy technologies (RET)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INNOVATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84907702067     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12136     Document Type: Article

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