Attracting private investment to contaminated properties: The value of public interventions

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-369

  Wernstedt, Kris ^a   Meyer, Peter B ^b,c   Alberini, Anna ^d  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33645765940     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20176     Document Type: Review

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