Why is the River Rhine cleaner than the Great Lakes (Despite looser regulation)?

Law and Society Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1007-1054

  Verweij, Marco ^a  

^a Max Planck Proj Grp on Com Goods   (Germany)

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EID: 0034346738     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3115130     Document Type: Article

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