Has economic research answered the needs of environmental policy?

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 328-350

  Cropper, Maureen L ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0034044259     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.2000.1128     Document Type: Article

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