Pollution abatement cost savings and FDI inflows to polluting sectors in China

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-798

  Di, Wenhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 36549087251     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X07003944     Document Type: Article

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