The ‘climatism’ cartel: why climate change deniers oppose market-based mitigation policy

Environmental Politics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 812-830

  Bohr, Jeremiah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change denial; climatism; regulatory cartel; think tanks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84961210261     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2016.1156106     Document Type: Article

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