Do city climate plans reduce emissions?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-311

  Millard Ball, Adam ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate action plan; Climate change; Environmental preferences; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856078189     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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