Implementing multilateral environmental agreements: An analysis of EU directives

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Perkins, Richard ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 34548747623     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/glep.2007.7.3.13     Document Type: Review

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