Special Issue "Economic Development and Energy Policy"
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 82930
Special Issue Editor

Interests: energy policy; food policy; economic development; technological innovation; business and technology history
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The historical development of new energy sources, along with recent government policies whose goal is to profoundly alter the energy mix in advanced economies, have had major impacts on both human standards of living (from energy affordability to reliability of provisioning) and humanity’s impact on its natural environment (from water and resource availability to flora and fauna preservation). These impacts are likely to continue, with the potential to influence and, again, transform our energy landscape. This call for papers on “Economic Development and Energy Policy” takes a broad view of energy policy—from laissez-faire to piecemeal or comprehensive government interventions in the forms of tax policy, subsidies, mandates, and regulations—and aims to examine the social and environmental impacts of past and current government interventions (or lack thereof) in various parts of the energy sector. While the main goal of this Special Issue is to ultimately inform policy-making, historical analyses of now-obsolete technologies or institutional arrangements will also be considered if they include a policy dimension. Papers can take the form of either regular research papers or reviews of relevant research.
Prof. Dr. Pierre Desrochers
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- energy policy and history
- economic policy and history
- energy policy and standards of living
- energy policy and environmental externalities
- theoretical and philosophical issues in energy policy development
- economic geography