Governing technological change by voluntary agreements: Climate policy and Dutch petroleum production

Climate Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-432

  Skjærseth, Jon Birger ^a  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Petroleum sector; Policy instruments; Technological innovation; Voluntary agreements

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OIL PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29144439150     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2005.9685567     Document Type: Article

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