Public policy influence on renewable energy investments-A panel data study across OECD countries

Energy Policy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-111

  Polzin, Friedemann ^a,b   Migendt, Michael ^a   Täube, Florian A ^c   von Flotow, Paschen ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Sustainable Business Institute (SBI)   (Germany)

^c SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Institutional investors; Longitudinal analysis; Public policy mix; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH; MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY MEASURES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY POLICY; OECD; PANEL DATA; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84924243567     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.026     Document Type: Article

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