Do community characteristics influence environmental outcomes? Evidence from the Toxics Release Inventory

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 691-716

  Arora, Seema ^a   Cason, Timothy N ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033434539     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061271     Document Type: Article

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