Given the intensifying debates whether governments should use industrial policies to promote particular renewable energy technologies, the main objective of this study is to investigate the long-run effects of renewable energy support policies on economic growth and employment in 15 European...

To the best of our knowledge, this study is one of the first to empirically analyze the trading behaviour of all ETS firms during the first phase of the EU's Emissions Trading System. We use a unique dataset which allows investigating the importance of permit trading transaction costs, such as...