While several papers examine the effects of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) on electricity prices, they mainly rely on state-level data and there has been little research on how RPS policies affect manufacturing activity via their effect on electricity prices. Using plant-level data for the...

The paper traces the rise and decline of solar cell commercialization efforts during the 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. It shows how technology policies for photovoltaic appliances gained and lost support in a time of increasing uncertainty about future resource supplies and the...

La 4e de couv. indique : "Le secteur énergétique est profondément bouleversé par des révolutions technologiques, écologiques et sociétales majeures. Des gouvernances nouvelles se mettent en place et les canaux de financement doivent être repensés. Sans investissements massifs, nos...