Time to pick a fight interest group decision making to enter the hydropower regulatory process

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-32

  Kosnik, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Electricity; Environment; Interest groups; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949822725     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2008.47     Document Type: Article

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