The role of environmental economics in recent policy making at the European Commission

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-43

  Delbeke, J ^a   Klaassen, G ^a   van Ierland, T ^a   Zapfel, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 77954157817     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rep020     Document Type: Article

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