The cost of air pollution abatement

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 759-774

  Hartman, Raymond S ^a   Wheeler, David ^b   Singh, Manjula ^b  

^a Cambridge Collaborative Inc   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COSTS; AIR POLLUTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

USA;

EID: 0030667239     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326688     Document Type: Article

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