Nuclear phase-out under stringent climate policies: A dynamic macroeconomic analysis

Energy Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 167-194

  Bretschger, Lucas ^a   Zhang, Lin ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CGE model; Decarbonization; Energy and growth; Induced innovation; Nuclear phase out

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008467239     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.38.1.lbre     Document Type: Article

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