The effects of organizational characteristics and state environmental policies on sulfur-dioxide pollution in U.S. electrical energy corporations

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-96

  Prechel, Harland ^a   Touche, George ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893938688     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12052     Document Type: Article

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