Environmental implications of trade liberalization on North American transport services: The case of the trucking sector

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Fernandez, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Econometrics; Policy analysis; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST EMISSION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LIBERALIZATION; NAFTA; POLICY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRUCKING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77952291220     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-010-9113-y     Document Type: Article

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