Effects of environmental regulations on manufacturing plant births: Evidence from a propensity score matching estimator

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 944-952

  List, John A ^b   Millimet, Daniel L ^b   Fredriksson, Per G ^b   McHone, W Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0142186563     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303772815844     Document Type: Review

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