Price Regulation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from Methane Leaks
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- Hausman, Catherine & Muehlenbachs, Lucija, 2016. "Price Regulation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from Methane Leaks," RFF Working Paper Series 16-23, Resources for the Future.
- Catherine Hausman & Lucija Muehlenbachs, 2016. "Price Regulation and Environmental Externalities: Evidence from Methane Leaks," NBER Working Papers 22261, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
- L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
- Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
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