A natural experiment on the 'race to the bottom' hypothesis: Testing for stochastic dominance in temporal pollution trends

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-420

  Millimet, Daniel L ^a   List, John A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042525695     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00054     Document Type: Article

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