Environmental regulation and productivity: Evidence from oil refineries

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 498-510

  Eli, Berman ^a   Bui, Linda T M ^a  

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EID: 0039302204     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00346530152480144     Document Type: Article

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