European unilateralism and involuntary burden-sharing in global climate politics: A public opinion perspective from the other side

European Union Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-151

  Bernauer, Thomas ^a   Gampfer, Robert ^a   Kachi, Aya ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; emission trading; public opinion; survey experiment; unilateralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893862157     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116513496878     Document Type: Article

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