When energy policy meets free-market capitalists: The moderating influence of worldviews on risk perception and renewable energy investment decisions

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2014, Pages 143-151

  Chassot, Sylviane ^a   Hampl, Nina ^b   Wüstenhagen, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Regulatory risk; Renewable energy; Venture capital; Worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924279419     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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