Is environmental regulation bad for competition? A survey

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Heyes, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149089554     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-009-9099-y     Document Type: Article

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