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Improving Energy Efficiency through Technology: Trends, Investment Behaviour and Policy Design
Author(s): Raymond J.G.M. Florax (Editor), Henri L.F. de Groot (Editor), Peter Mulder (Editor)
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
- Publication Date: January 30, 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845423909
- ISBN-13: 9781845423902
Book Description
The authors pay considerable attention to empirical research on the determinants of energy-saving investment including uncertainty, energy-price volatility and subsidies. They also discuss the role of energy modeling in policy design and the potential effect of energy policies on technology diffusion in energy-extensive sectors.
Written from a multi-disciplinary perspective, this book will appeal to academics and graduates in the areas of energy-saving technologies, energy economics and natural resource economics as well as policy makers – particularly those in energy policy.
Contributors: K. Blok, H.L.F. de Groot, R.J.G.M. Florax, M. Harmelink, G.W. Hunter, S. Joosen, M.J. Koetse, P. Mulder, M.K. Patel, A. Ramirez, W.J.H. van Groenendaal, D.P. van Soest, H.R.J. Vollebergh
Editorial Reviews
Review
– Richard Tol, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland
’This book rightly focuses on energy efficiency for the less energy-intensive sectors of our economy. In many industrialized countries the share of these sectors is growing, yet little attention is paid to energy, either by companies themselves, or by policy-makers or scientists. While focusing mainly on experiences in the Netherlands, this book makes an excellent contribution to the study of these sectors and, most importantly, initiates more comprehensive multi-disciplinary analyses.’
-Ernst Worrell, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
