Winter heating or clean air? Unintended impacts of China's Huai River Policy

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-190

  Almond, Douglas ^a   Chen, Yuyu ^b   Greenstone, Michael ^a,c   Li, Hongbin ^d  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Tsinghua University   (China)

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EID: 73849143941     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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