Public Governance, Human Capital and Environmental Outcomes: An Analysis Based on Self-Organizing Maps

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-126

  Carlei, Vittorio ^a,b   Marra, Alessandro ^a,c   Pozzi, Cesare ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b MATEMA   (Italy)

^c LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental outcomes; Human capital; Public governance; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; MAP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84858858769     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1576     Document Type: Article

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