A new era of pollution progress in urban China?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 71-92

  Zheng, Siqi ^a,b   Kahn, Matthew E ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85013421860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.31.1.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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