Factors affecting innovation and pollution-reduction performance of environmental regulations

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 139-163

  Erbas, Bahar Celikkol ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetries in production and abatement; Environmental regulation; Input prices; Market demand elasticity; Pollution prevention and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650186897     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-010-0169-2     Document Type: Article

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