The “ Other ” Benefits of Renewable Energy Promotion Working Paper
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Renewable energy policies address two market externalities at the same time as they (1) internalize the environmental cost of conventional energy production (GHG emissions and air pollution) and (2) appropriate earnings from learning-by-doing in the renewable energy
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