caa a22 4500 445854693 CHVBK 20180317145424.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10640-010-9436-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10640-010-9436-8 A Quantile Approach to Identify Factors Promoting Renewable Energy in European Countries [Elektronische Daten] [António Marques, José Fuinhas, José Manso] This paper analyses the impact of several factors on the use of renewable energy sources in a set of European Union countries, by applying a quantile regression approach. We find that different factors are effective for different levels of renewable energy commitment and the magnitudes of some effects evolve in accordance with the level of renewable energy sources used. Consequently, some policies that do not take into account the different stages could carry different effects. The results suggest that the lobbying effect of the established industries hampers the development of renewable sources, and that this effect is greater for lower initial level of renewable energy use. The results reveal that environmental concerns have not yet achieved enough pressure to stimulate major developments on renewables. We include two new drivers, geographic area and European Union Directive 2001/77/EC. That Directive was effective in signaling the commitment to renewables, namely for countries with lower renewables use. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Renewable energy nationallicence Quantile regression nationallicence EU Directive 2001/77/EC nationallicence European countries nationallicence Marques António NECE, Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209, Covilhã, Portugal aut Fuinhas José NECE, Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209, Covilhã, Portugal aut Manso José NECE, Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209, Covilhã, Portugal aut Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 49/3(2011-07-01), 351-366 0924-6460 49:3<351 2011 49 10640 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9436-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9436-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marques António NECE, Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209, Covilhã, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fuinhas José NECE, Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209, Covilhã, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Manso José NECE, Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209, Covilhã, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 49/3(2011-07-01), 351-366 0924-6460 49:3<351 2011 49 10640 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer