Industry self-regulation and adverse selection: A comparison across four trade association programs

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 343-356

  Lenox, Michael J ^a   Nash, Jennifer ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIABILITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRADE AGREEMENT;

EID: 0345119000     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.380     Document Type: Article

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