The development of renewable electricity policy in the province of Ontario: The influence of ideas and timing

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-207

  Rowlands, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electricity; Ideas; Ontario; Policy making; Timing

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34250715274     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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