The impact of economics on environmental policy

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-399

  Hahn, Robert W ^a  

^a Amer Entpr Inst Brookings Jt C   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

EID: 0034130845     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.1999.1119     Document Type: Article

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