Political Decision-making and the Local Provision of Public Goods: The Case of Municipal Climate Protection in the US

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2399-2417

  Krause, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC GOODS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864389656     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011427183     Document Type: Article

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