The effects of air quality regulations on the location decisions of pollution-intensive manufacturing plants

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Condliffe, Simon ^a   Morgan, O Ashton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulations; Interjurisdictional competition; Regulatory policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349310537     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9064-1     Document Type: Article

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