Policy monitor-green buildings: Economics and policies

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 329-346

  Matisoff, Daniel C ^a   Noonan, Douglas S ^b   Flowers, Mallory E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991491873     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rew009     Document Type: Article

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