The Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Firms: The Dutch Experience: 15 - Rilegato

Groot, Henri L. F. De; Luiten, Esther E. M.; Rietbergen, Martijn G.

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ISBN 10: 1402019653 ISBN 13: 9781402019654

Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Pub, 2004

Riassunto

How can governments stimulate energy-efficiency improvement? This book analyzes environmental policy in the Netherlands to present a wealth of empirical results on the successes and failures of governmental initiatives in environmental policy. Discussion extends to such topics as free-rider effects of subsidies, the credibility of voluntary agreements, the art of regulation and the fate of research & development money.

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Contenuti

1. Introduction.

2. A Framework for Analysing the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Technologies.

3. Subsidising the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Technologies: An empirical analysis of the free-rider effect.

4. Energy-Efficiency Standards.

5. Negotiated Agreements.

6. Government Intervention Strategies in Stimulating the R&D of Energy-Efficient Technologies.

7. Instrument Choice and Energy-Efficiency Improvement by Firms: An empirical analysis.

8. Policy Instruments for Technology Adoption: A model for analysing the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Technologies.

9. Conclusions.

References.

Appendix I.

Appendix II.

Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1402019653
• ISBN 13: 9781402019654
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 196
• Redattore: Blok Kornelis
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