Environmental policy, fuel prices and the switching to natural gas in Santiago, Chile

Jessica Coria

Ecological Economics, 2009, vol. 68, issue 11, pages 2877-2884

Abstract: In this study I analyzed the role of environmental policies and energy cost savings on the pattern of switching to natural gas by stationary sources in Chile. According to the data most of the switching was induced by the lower cost of natural gas, although environmental policies played a small role and showed that sources were more sensitive to the cost of energy than to the environmental regulation.

Keywords: Environmental; policy; Technological; adoption; Tradable; permits; Developing; countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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