Economic functioning and politically pragmatic justification of tradable green certificates in Poland

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-175

  Heinzel, Christoph ^a,b   Winkler, Thomas ^c  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WSB Neue Energien GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barriers; Environmental policy; Poland; Renewable energy sources; Tradable green certificates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027933081     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-011-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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