Regulation and Sustainable Energy Systems

The Oxford Handbook of Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mitchell, Catherine ^a   Woodman, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making authority; Economic regulators; Public interest; Regulation; Sustainable energy systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922298616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199560219.003.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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