Escaping the valley of death? Comparing shale gas technology policy prospects to nuclear and solar in Europe

Journal of World Energy Law and Business

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-111

  LaBelle, Michael ^a   Goldthau, Andreas ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 84897068418     PISSN: 17549957     EISSN: 17549965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jwelb/jwt020     Document Type: Article

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