Effective regulation through credible cost - benefit analysis: The opportunity costs of superfund

Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 52-91

  Greenstone, Michael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84932601974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511657504.003     Document Type: Chapter

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