Estimating the hidden costs of environmental regulation

Accounting Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-198

  Joshi, Satish ^a   Krishnan, Ranjani ^a   Lave, Lester ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Costing systems; Environmental management; Environmental regulation; Hidden costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531883     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2001.76.2.171     Document Type: Article

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