Cost-effectiveness and economic incidence of a clean energy standard

Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 59-86

  Mignone, Bryan K ^a   Alfstad, Thomas ^b,f   Bergman, Aaron ^a   Dubin, Kenneth ^c   Duke, Richard ^a   Friley, Paul ^b   Martinez, Andrew ^d   Mowers, Matthew ^d   Palmer, Karen ^e   Paul, Anthony ^e   Showalter, Sharon ^c   Steinberg, Daniel ^d   Woerman, Matt ^e   Wood, Frances ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Green Energy Systems   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clean energy standard; Electricity modeling; Energy modeling; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Market based environmental policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015716888     PISSN: 21605882     EISSN: 21605890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.1.3.5     Document Type: Article

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