Policy packaging or policy patching? The development of complex energy efficiency policy mixes

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-25

  Kern, F ^a   Kivimaa, P ^a,b   Martiskainen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Finland; Policy development; Policy mixes; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996619291     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.11.002     Document Type: Article

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