Regulatory Impact Assessment

The Oxford Handbook of Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Radaelli, Claudio M ^a   Francesco, Fabrizio De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic sectors; Environment; Legislation; Regulatory impact assessment; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924871039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199560219.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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