The effects of community characteristics on polluter compliance levels

Land Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 408-432

  Earnhart, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; EMISSION CONTROL; REGULATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 4344706216     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3654729     Document Type: Article

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