The Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Firms

The Netherlands and some neighbouring countries in Europe have implemented a variety of policy instruments since 1990. These include investment subsidies, voluntary agreements on energy-efficiency, direct regulation and taxes. How effective are these measures? This book presents improved theoretical insight in the investment behaviour of firms, and moreover it provides a wealth of empirical results on the effectiveness of policy instruments. It discusses issues such as free-rider effects of subsidies, the credibility of voluntary agreements, the art of regulation and the fate of RandD money. It tells stories of success, but also stories of failure.

שנה

2004

שפה

English

סדרה

Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science -- 15

הוצאה

Springer Netherlands

מהדורות

1

עמודים

224

ISBN

9789048165537

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata