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The Design of an Eco-Marketing and Labeling Program for Vehicles in Maine

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  1. Department of Resource Economics and Policy, University of Maine, USA

    Mario F. Teisl (Associate Professor), Caroline Lundquist Noblet (Research Associate / Lecturer) & Jonathan Rubin (Associate Professor and Interim Director)

  2. Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine, USA

    Caroline Lundquist Noblet (Research Associate / Lecturer) & Jonathan Rubin (Associate Professor and Interim Director)

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  1. Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Leibniz University of Hannover, Koenigsworther Platz 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Ulrike Grote

  2. Department of Economics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 29187, USA

    Arnab K. Basu

  3. Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Nancy H. Chau

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Teisl, M.F., Noblet, C.L., Rubin, J. (2007). The Design of an Eco-Marketing and Labeling Program for Vehicles in Maine. In: Grote, U., Basu, A.K., Chau, N.H. (eds) New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling. Sustainability and Innovation. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1756-0_2

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