To date there has been an absence of cross-country empirical studies on the efficacy of
carbon pricing. In this paper we present estimates of the contribution of carbon pricing to …

We find that electricity use and access are strongly correlated with economic development,
as theory would suggest. Despite large empirical literatures and suggestive case evidence …

This study examined the impact of worldwide governance indicators on the sustainability of
the bioenergy industry in selected European countries for the period 1996–2018. Applying …

This paper analyzes the roles of policies and preferences in national adoption of solar and
wind energy technologies. We use cross-sectional and panel regressions for both the …

We examine the impact of democracy and governance on rural electrification and rural
access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking using comprehensive panel data of 34 …

This investigation intends to answer the question of whether worldwide governance
indicators have an impact on the improvement of the hydropower industry in 28 European …

Globally, rural areas suffer from less infrastructure relative to urban areas. Political and
development economists have mainly attributed this disparity in infrastructure endowment to …

The European geothermal heating market, at one time dominated by only a handful of
countries, is set to experience a purple patch in the coming years as governments scramble …

Policies targeting energy efficiency and renewable energy are sometimes viewed as more
politically feasible than carbon pricing in pursuit of emission reduction goals. This paper …

Energy poverty is a serious impediment to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG-
7), thereby compelling policymakers and the scientific community to make collaborative …