Do EPA administrators recommend environmental policies that citizens want?

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-74

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Kataria, Mitesh ^b   Lampi, Elina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78650248025     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.1.60     Document Type: Article

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