The enforcement of pollution control laws: Inspections, violations, and self-reporting

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-153

  Helland, Eric ^a  

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EID: 0032386410     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557249     Document Type: Article

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