Formation and political consequence of environmental enforcement policy : evidence from the US industries

This thesis investigates the determinants and political consequences of environmental enforcement policy. Three related issues are addressed using the U.S. manufacturing data at the industry level. In Chapter Two, I estimate the elasticity of the violation rate with respect to the inspection rate f...

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Main Author: Sun, Meng
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29562