Explaining Demand for Green Electricity Using Data from All U.S. Utilities
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Green demand; Green electricity programs; Private provision of environmental public goods; Renewable energy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
- Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
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