Pollution havens and the regulation of multinationals with asymmetric information

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Wu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common agency; Environmental regulation; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944372318     PISSN: 15380645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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