Setting, and evaluating the effectiveness of, environmental policy

Environmetrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-343

  Scott, E Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive models; Evidence; Policy effectiveness; Policy evaluation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248213025     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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