Welfare evaluation of subsidies to renewable energy in general equilibrium: Theory and application

While support schemes to renewable energy are ubiquitous around the world today, there are few systematic welfare evaluations of their social benefits and costs in an economy-wide setting. We develop a general equilibrium cost–benefit rule to assess changes in quantity based subsidy schemes, “green”...

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Volume:	83
Main Author:	Johansson, Per-Olov Kriström, Bengt
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Elsevier B.V 01.09.2019
published in:	Energy economics Vol. 83; pp. 144 - 155
ORCID:	0000-0002-4703-0077
Data of publication:	September 2019
ISSN:	0140-9883 1873-6181
EISSN:	1873-6181
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Swedish certificate scheme Renewable energy Second-best Green certificates Cost–benefit analysis D62 Q21 Swedish certificate scheme Renewable energy Q28 Green certificates H23 H25 Second-best D61 Q42 Cost–benefit analysis
Online Access:	Fulltext
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