Politics, institutions and entrepreneurship: City decisions leading to inventoried GHG emissions

Carbon Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-453

  Feiock, Richard C ^a   Bae, Jungah ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON REDUCTION; CLIMATE PROTECTION; GHG EMISSION; GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 80052099820     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.11.37     Document Type: Article

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