The choice of a liability regime when there is a regulatory gatekeeper

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management - Tập 51 - Trang 153-164 - 2006
Paul Calcott1, Stephen Hutton2
1School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O.Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
2Department of Economics, University of Maryland, MD, USA

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