Preparing for the 'real' market: National patterns of institutional learning and company behaviour in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)

European Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 276-297

  Engels, Anita ^a   Knoll, Lisa ^a   Huth, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Company behaviour; Emission trading; EU ETS; Institutional learning; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; LEARNING;

EID: 57849165800     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: 10990976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.485     Document Type: Article

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