Back-pedaling or continuing quietly? Assessing the impact of ICLEI membership termination on cities’ sustainability actions

Environmental Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 138-160

  Yi, Hongtao ^a   Krause, Rachel M ^b   Feiock, Richard C ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate protection; difference in differences; local politics; Local sustainability; policy termination; treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991435131     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2016.1244968     Document Type: Article

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