Political Economy of Renewable Energy

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 367-373

  Lauber, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Development economics; Emissions trading; Energy policy; Feed in tariffs; Fossil fuel incumbents; Liberalization; Market creation; Neoclassical economics; Photovoltaics; Purchasing obligation; Renewable energy; Renewable portfolio standard (RPS); Renewables obligation (RO); Technological innovation system; Technological learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043424713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.91084-5     Document Type: Chapter

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