The Role of the U.s. Environmental Protection Agency in Fostering Innovation to Develop Cleaner Industrial Technologies That Prevent Pollution: a Case Study of the Regulatory Enforcement Process
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May 1994 © 1994 Monica M. Becker The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copiesof this thesis document in whole or in part. Signature of Author Dertment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Technology and Policy Program, May 1994 Certified by Professor Nicholas A. Ashford( Thesissupervisor Accepted by Professor Richard de u i Chairman, Technology and Policy Program Accepted by f Jose Cha' CyA Clmmittee on Graduate Studies
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تاریخ انتشار 2006