Domestic and International Influences on Green Taxation

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1075-1103

  Ward, Hugh ^a   Cao, Xun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

green taxation; legislative medians; policy diffusion; spatial models; special interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865255380     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011434007     Document Type: Article

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