Green budgeting in an age of austerity: a transatlantic comparative perspective

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-262

  Russel, Duncan ^a   Benson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age of austerity; credit crunch; fiscal stimulus; green budgeting; political preference framework; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISCAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895769921     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.775727     Document Type: Article

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