Moving pollution trading from air to water: Potential, problems, and prognosis

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-172

  Fisher Vanden, Karen ^a   Olmstead, Sheila ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

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EID: 84874582705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.1.147     Document Type: Article

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