Can green building councils serve as third party governance institutions? An economic and institutional analysis

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 479-487

  Sedlacek, Sabine ^a   Maier, Gunther ^b  

^a MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Economic governance; Green building councils; Prisoners' dilemma

Indexed keywords

GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; PRISONERS' DILEMMA; REAL ESTATE; THIRD PARTIES;

BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INCENTIVE; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRISONER DILEMMA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865596250     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.049     Document Type: Article

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