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Energy Saving by Firms: Decision-Making, Barriers and Policies

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Henri L.F.M. de Groot () (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Erik T. Verhoef () (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Peter Nijkamp () (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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Promoting investments in energy saving technologies is an important means for achieving environmental goals. Unfortunately, the empirical evidence on success conditions of policies is scarce. Based on a survey among Dutch firms, this paper sets out to identify the factors that determine the investment behaviour of firms, their attitude towards various types of energy policy, and their responsiveness to changes in environmental policy in the Netherlands. On the basis of discrete choice models, this paper aims to investigate empirically whether (and how) these strategic features vary over firm characteristics and over sectors.

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Paper provided by Tinbergen Institute in its series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers with number 99-031/3.

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Keywords: energy saving investment behaviour environmental policy

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Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
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