Designing effective and acceptable policy mixes for energy transitions: Countering rebound effects in German industry.

Kern, F., Peuckert, J., Lange, S., Ahmann, L., Banning, M. & Lutz, C. (2022): Designing effective and acceptable policy mixes for energy transitions: Countering rebound effects in German industry. Energy Research & Social Science, 90, 102680, doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102680.

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Untersuchung der Rolle der Energie- und Ressourcenproduktivität für ökonomisches Wachstum und Entwicklung von politischen Instrumenten zur Eindämmung makroökonomischer Rebound-Effekte (ReCap)

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Lara Ahmann
Maximilian Banning
Christian Lutz

Year of Publication:

2022

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