Sacred Cars? Cost-effective regulation of stationary and nonstationary pollution sources

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-126

  Fowlie, Meredith ^a   Knittel, Christopher R ^b   Wolfram, Catherine ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Energy Institute at Haas and National Bureau of Economic Research   (United States)

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EID: 84861697782     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.1.98     Document Type: Article

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