Embedded Interests and the Managerial Local State: the political economy of methanol fuel-switching in China.
This paper analyzes the determinants of Chinese government support for methanol automobile fuel development. At the national level, a preference for low carbon alternatives, ongoing bureaucratic restructuring, and profitability concerns of the national oil companies (NOCs) help to explain a lack of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 22; no. 80; pp. 204 - 219 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2013
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