Chasing the smokestack: Strategic policymaking with multiple instruments

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-410

  Fredriksson, Per G ^a   List, John A ^b   Millimet, Daniel L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Resource competition; Strategic policymaking; Tax

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242738596     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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