Anglo-Saxon and German approaches to neoliberalism and environmental policy: The case of financing renewable energy

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 677-687

  Toke, David ^a   Lauber, Volkmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Metaregulation; Neoliberal; Ordoliberal; REFIT; Renewable energy; Tradable green certificates

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NEOLIBERALISM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STATE ROLE; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248574558     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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