"Plug-in" shadow price estimates for policy analysis

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-324

  Boardman, Anthony E ^a   Greenberg, David H ^b   Vining, Aidan R ^c   Weimer, David L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000039339     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001680050051     Document Type: Article

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