Managerial, institutional and evolutionary approaches to environmental economics: Theoretical and policy implications

The Political Economy of the Environment: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 44-73

  Oughton, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872393182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203830673     Document Type: Chapter

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