Testing for pollution havens inside and outside of regional trading blocs

Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-116

  Kahn, Matthew E ^a,c   Yoshino, Yutaka ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Fletcher School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pollution havens; Regional trading blocs; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444309700     PISSN: 15380637     EISSN: 15380637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0637.1288     Document Type: Article

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