Environmental regulation cost and industry structure changes

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 545-557

  Burton, Diana M ^a   Gomez, Irma A ^b   Love, H Alan ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MARKOV CHAIN; POLICY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 80053225716     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.3.545     Document Type: Article

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