Orchestrating sustainability: The case of european union biofuel governance

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 533-546

  Schleifer, Philip ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; European Union; Orchestration; Private governance; Transnational regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887153413     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12037     Document Type: Article

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