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Predation through Regulation: The Wage and Profit Effects of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency

1987; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 30; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/467137

1537-5285

Ann P. Bartel, Lacy Glenn Thomas,

Regulation and Compliance Studies

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Bartel and Lacy Glenn ThomasPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Law and Economics Volume 30, Number 2Oct., 1987 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/467137 Views: 53Total views on this site Citations: 93Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1987 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Andrew Ferguson, Cecilia Wei Hu, Peter Lam 'Know when to fold 'em': Policy uncertainty and acquisition abandonment, Accounting & Finance 59 (Oct 2023).https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13179Ye Yang, Xiuping Li Environmental regulation, digital finance, and technological innovation: evidence from listed firms in China, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, no.1515 (Jan 2023): 44625–44639.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25352-7Marco Aliberti, Ottorino Cappelli, Rodrigo Praino Conceptualizing Space Actors: State and Power in Space, (Jul 2023): 9–72.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32871-8_2Matthew J. 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