Competitive distortions in eu environmental legislation: Inefficiency versus inequity

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-152

  Van der Laan, Rob ^a   Nentjes, Andries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distortion of competition emission standards; Eu legislation; Harmonisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012043117     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008739718662     Document Type: Article

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