Subsidizing Non-Polluting Goods vs. Taxing Polluting Goods for Pollution Reduction
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عنوان ژورنال: Atlantic Economic Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0197-4254,1573-9678
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-013-9370-6