Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Reform: An Assessment of the Science and the Art
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- Krupnick, Alan & Toman, Michael & Kopp, Raymond, 1997. "Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Reform: An Assessment of the Science and Art," RFF Working Paper Series dp-97-19, Resources for the Future.
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