Improving the environment with an initial government subsidy

Habitat International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 559-569

  Chau, Kwong Wing ^a   Wong, Siu Kei ^a   Yiu, Chung Yim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balcony; Environmental effect; Hedonic price model; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 12744275020     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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