Incentives, precision technology and environmental protection

Ecological Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-43

  Khanna, Madhu ^a   Zilberman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Heterogeneity; Policy distortions; Precision; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY CHOICE; WASTE MINIMISATION;

EID: 0030765877     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00553-8     Document Type: Article

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