Global banks as global sustainability regulators?: The equator principles

Law and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 542-575

  Conley, John M ^a   Williams, Cynthia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 80053004330     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2011.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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