Conceptualizing the above ground factors in shale gas: Toward a research agenda on regulatory governance

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 73-81

  Goldthau, Andreas ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Regulatory governance; Shale gas; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971596846     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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