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Appropriate Government Policy Toward Commercialization of New Energy Supply Technologies

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This article considers the merits of government support for the commercialization of particular energy supply technologies, and sketches a framework for the economic evaluation of different schemes for such support.' Specific current proposals are not analyzed in detail, as the emphasis is on identifying conditions under *Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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  • Richard Schmalensee, 1980. "Appropriate Government Policy Toward Commercialization of New Energy Supply Technologies," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 2).
    • Handle: RePEc:aen:journl:1980v01-02-a01
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    1. Murray L. Weidenbaum & Reno Harnish & James McGowen, 1976. "Government Credit Subsidies for Energy Development," Books, American Enterprise Institute, number 920082, September.
    2. Edwin Mansfield & John Rapoport & Jerome Schnee & Samuel Wagner & Michael Hamburger, 1971. "Research and Innovation in the Modern Corporation," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-349-01639-6.
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