Does pollution prevention reduce toxic releases? A dynamic panel data model

Land Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-221

  Harrington, Donna Ramirez ^a   Deltas, George ^b   Khanna, Madhu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PANEL DATA; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXIC MATERIAL; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896964792     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.90.2.199     Document Type: Article

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