Benefits and costs from sulfur dioxide trading: A distributional analysis

Acid in the Environment: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-259

  Shadbegian, Ronald J ^a   Gray, Wayne ^b   Morgan, Cynthia ^c  

^a UMass Dartmouth ^*  (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 79958229425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-37562-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

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