The impact of unilateral climate policy with endogenous plant location and market size asymmetry

Review of International Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 580-599

  Sanna Randaccio, Francesca ^a   Sestini, Roberta ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica Automatica e Gestionale A Ruberti   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; POLLUTION POLICY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84864017199     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2012.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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