The Shape of Distributional Analysis

Michael A. Livermore; ;

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The Shape of Distributional Analysis

Michael A. Livermore

CO-AUTHORS Jennifer S. Rosenberg

PUBLISHER

Oxford University Press

DATE

2013

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Michael A. Livermore

Citation

Michael A. Livermore & Jennifer S. Rosenberg, The Shape of Distributional Analysis, in Michael A. Livermore & Richard L. Revesz The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy , Oxford University Press, 69-84 (2013).

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