Pollution abatement expenditures and plant-level productivity: A production function approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 196-208

  Shadbegian, Ronald J ^a   Gray, Wayne B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Pollution abatement costs; Productivity; Technology

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION TAX; PRODUCTIVITY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

EID: 22444446179     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.029     Document Type: Article

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