Environmental regulation in the 1990S: A retrospective analysis

Harvard Environmental Law Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 377-415

  Hahn, Robert W ^a   Olmstead, Sheila M ^b   Stavins, Robert N ^c  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042284735     PISSN: 01478257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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