Do plants overcomply with water pollution regulations? the role of discharge variability

Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-164

  Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit ^a   Horowitz, John ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Community effects; Overcompliance; Safety margin; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645148084     PISSN: 15380653     EISSN: 15380653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0653.1486     Document Type: Article

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