Explaining corporate environmental performance: How does regulation matter?

Law and Society Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-90

  Kagan, Robert A ^a   Gunningham, Neil ^b   Thornton, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0037769852     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5893.3701002     Document Type: Review

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