Reviewing, Reforming, and Rethinking Global Energy Subsidies: Towards a Political Economy Research Agenda

Ecological Economics

Volumn 135, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-163

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Subsidies; Subsidy; Subsidy reform

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUEL; GOVERNMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH WORK; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 85012283688     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.12.009     Document Type: Review

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