Environmental rebounds/backfires: Macroeconomic implications for the promotion of environmentally-friendly products

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 88, Issue , 2018, Pages 35-68

  Chang, Juin Jen ^a   Wang, Wei Neng ^a   Shieh, Jhy Yuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Green consumption subsidy; Green technology promotion; Rebound backfire effects; Sectoral reallocation effects; The substitution; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION;

GREEN CONSUMPTION; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; REBOUND/BACKFIRE EFFECTS; SECTORAL REALLOCATION EFFECTS; WEALTH;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMMODITY; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LABOR SUPPLY; MACROECONOMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85034047579     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2017.09.004     Document Type: Article

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