Pollution Control Effort at China's River Borders: When Does Free Riding Cease?
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JEL classification:
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2013-11-16 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-RES-2013-11-16 (Resource Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2013-11-16 (Transition Economics)
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