Optimal Environmental Management in the Presence of Irreversibilities

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 180-207

  Scheinkman, José A ^a   Zariphopoulou, Thaleia ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0038754927     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1999.2607     Document Type: Article

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