Testing ambient pollution instruments with heterogeneous agents

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 837-856

  Spraggon, John ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiments; Group decision making; Moral hazard in groups; Nonpoint source pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS; SUBSTANTIAL INEFFICIENCY;

AIR POLLUTION;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 4143138865     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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