The impact of inspections on plant-level air emissions

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hanna, Rema Nadeem ^a   Oliva, Paulina ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental economics; EPA inspections

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950544042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1971     Document Type: Article

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