Plant size, industrial air pollution, and local incomes: Evidence from Mexico and Brazil

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 365-381

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^b   Lucas, Robert E B ^a   Wheeler, David ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346299290     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X02000220     Document Type: Article

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