Short-run and long-run implications of environmental regulation on financial performance

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-373

  Rassier, Dylan G ^a   Earnhart, Dietrich ^b  

^a Bureau of Economic Analysis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 79959572638     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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