Pollution abatement expenditure by U.S. manufacturing plants: Do community characteristics matter?

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Becker, Randy A ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution abatement; Community characteristics; Costs; Environmental regulation; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944381669     PISSN: 15380645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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