Green tradable certificates versus feed-in tariffs in the promotion of renewable energy shares

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 211-239

  Requate, Till ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cap and trade; Emission cap; Feed in tariffs; Premium systems; Tradable green certificates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939974627     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-014-0096-8     Document Type: Article

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