Protecting investors and the environment through financial disclosure

Utilities Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-68

  Repetto, Robert ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric utilities; Environmental risks; Financial disclosure

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT;

EID: 10944257523     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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