The political economy of market-based environmental policy: The U.S. acid rain program

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-83

  Joskow, Paul L ^a   Schmalensee, Richard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0042487673     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/467384     Document Type: Article

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