The effects of environmental regulation on the industrial location of China’s manufacturing

Natural Hazards

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1381-1403

  Lian, Tonghui ^a,b   Ma, Tingyu ^c   Cao, Jie ^c   Wu, You ^c  

^a ANHUI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Industrial location; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CHINA;

EID: 84952299876     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-2008-z     Document Type: Review

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