Does regulation perform better than self-regulation? An analysis of Spanish environmental policies

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 733-758

  Camisön Zornoza, Cësar ^a   Boronat Navarro, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PLANNING THEORY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77955756265     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0944r     Document Type: Article

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