Renewable energy: An efficient mechanism to improve GDP

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3045-3052

  Chien, Taichen ^a   Hu, Jin Li ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Structural Equation Modeling (SEM); Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRADE BALANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRADE;

EID: 85056422552     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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