Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia
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Tradable green certificates; Renewables obligation; Renewable energy target;All these keywords.
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- H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
- Q21 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
- Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
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