What price safety? The precautionary principle and its policy implications

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-109

  Majone, Giandomenico ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

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EID: 0036522676     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00345     Document Type: Article

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