Time horizons in evaluating environmental policies

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2009, Issue 122, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Hildén, Mikael ^a  

^a Finnish Environment Institute SYKE   (United States)

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EID: 77950746945     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.291     Document Type: Article

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