Environmental policies and risk finance in the green sector: Cross-country evidence

Energy Policy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-56

  Criscuolo, Chiara ^a,b   Menon, Carlo ^a,b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental innovation; Environmental policies; Environmental technologies; Risk finance; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COUNTRY DIFFERENCES; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; VENTURE CAPITAL; VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CAPITAL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FINANCE; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84930075050     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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