New evidence on eastern Europe's pollution progress

Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-70

  Kahn, Matthew E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Pollution; Eastern Europe; Urban Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242691524     PISSN: 15380653     EISSN: 15380653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0653.1100     Document Type: Article

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