Energy Saving by Firms: Decision-Making, Barriers and Policies

Henri de Groot, Erik Verhoef and Peter Nijkamp

No 99-031/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: Promoting investments in energy saving technologies is an important means forachieving environmental goals. Unfortunately, the empirical evidence on successconditions of policies isscarce. Based on a survey among Dutch firms, this paper sets out to identify thefactors that determine the investment behaviour of firms, their attitude towardsvarious 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 empiricallywhether (and how) these strategic features vary over firm characteristics and over sectors.

Keywords: energy saving; investment behaviour; environmental policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D20 Q40 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-05-07
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