Renewable Energy Policies and Private Sector Investment: Evidence from Financial Microdata

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 163-188

  Cárdenas Rodríguez, Miguel ^a   Haščič, Ivan ^a   Johnstone, Nick ^a   Silva, Jérôme ^a   Ferey, Antoine ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique   (France)

Author keywords

Finance; Investment; Policy instrument choice; Renewable energy; Technology deployment

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

COMPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

DATA SET; DATABASE; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIVATE SECTOR; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84938950215     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-014-9820-x     Document Type: Article

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