Environmental criteria in the public purchases above the EU threshold values by three Nordic countries: 2003 and 2005

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1838-1849

  Nissinen, A ^a   Parikka Alhola, K ^a   Rita, H ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calls for tenders; Environment; Green Public Procurement (GPP); Logit models; Progress; Statistical

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 62549104178     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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