Inter-governmental institutions as promoters of energy policy diffusion in a federal setting

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 467-476

  Strebel, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy policy measure; Federal setting; Policy diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION PROCESS; EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; FEDERAL SETTING; FEDERAL SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION; NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY; POLICY DIFFUSION; POLICY MEASURES; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SUBSIDIARITY; SWITZERLAND;

ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DIFFUSION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78549276795     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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