Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis When Environmental Regulation is Endogenous

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 652-677

  Millimet, Daniel L ^a,b   Roy, Jayjit ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85035244626     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2451     Document Type: Article

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