Is India turning into a pollution haven? Evidences from trade and investment patterns

Environmental Scenario in India: Successes and Predicaments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 243-266

  Chakraborty, Debashis ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE   (India)

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EID: 84906439876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203137031     Document Type: Chapter

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