Energy saving by firms: decision-making, barriers and policies
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Promoting investments in energy-saving technologies is an important means for achieving environmental goals. Empirical evidence on success conditions of associated policies, however, 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 empiriŽ . cally, whether and how these strategic features vary over firm characteristics and over sectors. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classifications: D20; Q40; Q48
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