Getting green with solar subsidies: Evidence from the california solar initiative

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-275

  Hughes, Jonathan E ^a   Podolefsky, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Solar; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999148996     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681131     Document Type: Article

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