Ethnic heterogeneity and the enforcement of environmental regulation

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 539-562

  Videras, Julio ^a   Bordoni, Christopher J ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Environmental justice; Ethnic heterogeneity; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845749514     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760601024500     Document Type: Article

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