The determinants of pollution levels: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 118-142

  Jiang, Liangliang ^a   Lin, Chen ^b   Lin, Ping ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

F4; FDI; K4; Law enforcement; Local protection; O1; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894275543     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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