Environmental quality competition and eco-labeling

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 284-306

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a,b   Koskela, Erkki ^c   Ollikainen, Markku ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Product differentiation; Socially optimal quality and investments; Technology investment

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREEN TECHNOLOGY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECOLABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT;

EID: 1542350828     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-0696(03)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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