The confusing relationship between environmental policy and location behaviour of firms: A methodological review of selected case studies

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 523-546

  Jeppesen, Tim ^a   Folmer, Henk ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4143087580     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001680100055     Document Type: Article

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