Really a front-runner, really a Straggler? Of environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union and beyond - A quantitative policy perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-45

  Knill, Christoph ^a   Heichel, Stephan ^a   Arndt, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Performance; Ranking

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT POLICY; COMMON KNOWLEDGE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; PERFORMANCE; RANKING; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; RANKING;

EID: 84864989495     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.043     Document Type: Article

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