"Beggar thy neighbor:" Testing for free riding in state-level endangered species expenditures

Public Choice

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 303-315

  List, John A ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^b   Shogren, Jason F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0141564551     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014947110729     Document Type: Article

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