The profitability of electricity generating firms and policies promoting renewable energy
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Electricity; EU-ETS; European Union; Feed-in-tariff; Profits; Renewable energy; Tradable green certificates;All these keywords.
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- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
- Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
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