Harmonization of environmental regulations when firms are judgment proof

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-164

  Van Egteren, Henry ^a   Smith, R Todd ^a   McAfee, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Harmonization; Judgment proof; Negligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843140571     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJLE.0000014573.80325.2c     Document Type: Article

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