Theoretical approaches to dynamic efficiency in policy contexts: The case of renewable electricity

The Dynamics of Environmental and Economic Systems: Innovation, Environmental Policy and Competitiveness

Volumn 9789400750890, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-60

  Del Rio, Pablo ^a   Bleda, Mercedes ^a,b  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic efficiency; Energy policy; Innovation lock in; Renewable electricity; Systems of innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932166947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5089-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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