The Influence of Energy Policy on Strategic Choices for Renewable Energy Investment

The Handbook of Global Energy Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 373-387

  Wüstenhagen, Rolf ^a,c   Menichetti, Emanuela ^b  

^a Institute for Economy and the Environment (IW HSG)   (Switzerland)

^b Renewable Energy Division   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Clean energy; Investment; Renewable energy; Risk

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

BOUNDED RATIONALITY; CLEAN ENERGY; CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85019491020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118326275.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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