Regulator attitudes and the environmental race to the bottom argument

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-344

  Konisky, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 40849124145     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mum018     Document Type: Article

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