Are the costs of pollution abatement lower in Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence from Lithuania

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-470

  Bluffstone, Randall ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345292282     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X99000285     Document Type: Article

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