How do electoral competition and special interests shape the stringency of renewable energy standards?
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Keywords
Renewable energy; Special interests; Policy instruments; Game theory; Political economy; L50; Q54; Q58;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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