Green infrastructure: The effects of urban rail transit on air quality

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-97

  Chenyihsu, Yihsu ^a   Whalley, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84861658548     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.1.58     Document Type: Article

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