This article surveys the Economic Instruments adopted in Germany since the start of the previous decade and analyse the factors determining their effectiveness. It is found out that their effect has always diminished in correspondence of increased uncertainty on the future of the system. In particul
The diffusion of renewable electricity in the presence of climate policy and technology learning: The case of Sweden
✍ Scribed by Fredrik Pettersson; Patrik Söderholm
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 345 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1364-0321
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