Cost Heterogeneity and the Potential Savings from Market-Based Policies

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-59

  Newell, Richard G ^a   Stavins, Robert N ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037232324     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021879330491     Document Type: Article

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