Energy investment risk assessment for nations along China's Belt & Road Initiative

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 170, Issue , 2018, Pages 535-547

  Duan, Fei ^a   Ji, Qiang ^b,c   Liu, Bing Yue ^b,d   Fan, Ying ^e  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Belt Road Initiative; Energy investment assessment; Entropy weight

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENTROPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ENERGY INVESTMENTS; ENTROPY WEIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FUZZY INTEGRATED EVALUATION; INDICATOR SYSTEM; REGULATORY RISKS; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85032017050     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.152     Document Type: Article

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