Cost benefit analysis of the sulfur dioxide emissions control policy in Japan

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 219-233

  Kochi, Ikuho ^a   Matsuoka, Shunji ^a   Memon, Mushtaq Ahmed ^a   Shirakawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CBA; Cost of illness; Japan; SO2 emissions; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949141324     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03354017     Document Type: Article

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