The Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Firms
Subtitle: The Dutch Experience
By: by Kornelis Blok, Henri L. F. Groot, Esther E. M. Luiten, Martijn G. Rietbergen
Contributors: Groot, Henri L. F.; Luiten, Esther E. M.; Rietbergen, Martijn G.
Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science -- 15; Eco-efficiency in industry and science -- 15.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789048165537; 9781402021572
Subjects: Engineering economy; Environmental sciences; Environmental protection; Renewable energy sources; Environmental management
Description: The Netherlands and some neighbouring countries in Europe have implemented a variety of policy instruments since 1990. These include investment subsidies, voluntary agreements on energy-efficiency, direct regulation and taxes. How effective are these measures? This book presents improved theoretical insight in the investment behaviour of firms, and moreover it provides a wealth of empirical results on the effectiveness of policy instruments. It discusses issues such as free-rider effects of subsidies, the credibility of voluntary agreements, the art of regulation and the fate of RandD money. It tells stories of success, but also stories of failure.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: 1. Introduction; title: 2. A Framework for Analysing the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Technologies; title: 3. Subsidising the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Technologies: An empirical analysis of the free-rider effect; title: 4. Energy-Efficiency Standards; title: 5. Negotiated Agreements; title: 6. Government Intervention Strategies in Stimulating the R&D of Energy-Efficient Technologies; title: 7. Instrument Choice and Energy-Efficiency Improvement by Firms: An empirical analysis; title: 8. Policy Instruments for Technology Adoption: A model for analysing the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Technologies; title: 9. Conclusions; title: References; title: Appendix I; title: Appendix II; title: Index.