Do voluntary pollution reduction programs (VPRs) spur or deter environmental innovation? Evidence from 33/50

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management - Tập 66 Số 3 - Trang 444-459 - 2013
Carmen E. Carrión-Flores1, Robert Innes2, Abdoul G. Sam3
1Department of Economics, SUNY, Binghamton, NY, United States
2Department of Economics and Tony Coelho Chair of Public Policy, UC Merced, Merced, CA 95344, United States
3Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics, The Ohio State University, OH, United States

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