Economic modeling and the false tradeoff between environmental protection and economic growth

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 10-27

  DeCanio, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21944437044     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1997.tb00485.x     Document Type: Article

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