Potenttal gains from trade tn dirty industries: Revisiting lawrence summers' memo

Cato Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-410

  Johnson, Jay ^a   Pecquet, Gary ^b   Taylor, Leon ^c  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Economics   (Canada)

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EID: 37849003758     PISSN: 02733072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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