The siting of hazardous waste facilities in federal systems

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-87

  Fredriksson, Per G ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Federalism; Free riding; Institutional design; Lobbying; Noxious facilities; Pollution tax

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLLUTION TAX;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TAXATION;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LOCATION DECISION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WASTE FACILITY;

EID: 0034000281     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008313612369     Document Type: Article

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