Regulating knowledge monopolies: The case of the IPCC

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 827-839

  Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE POLICY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; KNOWLEDGE MONOPOLIES; MARKET POSITION; NATIONAL POLICIES; NATURAL MONOPOLIES; NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC INTEREST;

COMPETITION; PROFITABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MONOPOLY; NATIONAL PLANNING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 80053331665     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0214-6     Document Type: Article

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