Environmental Constituent Interest, Green Electricity Policies, and Legislative Voting

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-266

  Andrew Chupp, B ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congressional voting; Constituent interest; Green electricity; Ideology

Indexed keywords

CONGRESSIONAL VOTING; CONSTITUENT INTEREST; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DETAILED MODELS; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEDERAL POLICIES; GREEN ELECTRICITY; IDEOLOGY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; POLICY DECISIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROXY MEASURE; PROXY VARIABLES;

ELECTRICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; IDEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; RESEARCH WORK; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

GREVILLEA BANKSII;

EID: 80051918510     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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