Modeling governance and water pollution using the institutional ecological economic framework

Economic Modelling

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 363-372

  Gani, Azmat ^a   Scrimgeour, Frank ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Governance; Industry; Institutions; OECD countries; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905669414     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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