Interstate competition and environmental regulation: A test of the race-to-the-bottom thesis

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 174-189

  Woods, Neal D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 33645119434     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2006.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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