Explaining national environmental performance: Approaches, evidence, and implications

Policy Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-389

  Fiorino, Daniel J ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Democracy; Environment; Institutions; National; Performance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80255127579     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-011-9140-8     Document Type: Article

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