Environmental regulation and costs of information: Some indications from Greek industry

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-221

  Bellas, C P ^a   Skourtos, M S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Studies ^*

Author keywords

Compliance; Environmental regulation; Information cost; Monitoring; Policy instrument cost; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREECE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; INFORMATION COSTS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

GREECE;

EID: 0030471261     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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