Why pollution standards are preferred by industries: Pragmatism and rent-seeking behaviour

Environmentalist

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-53

  Khalid, Abdul Rahim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY CHOICE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RENT SEEKING;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0030461518     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01325614     Document Type: Article

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