Regulation lite: The rise of emissions trading

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-215

  Baldwin, Robert ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emissions trading; Legitimacy; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048624155     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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