The appeal of voluntary environmental programs: Which firms participate and why?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 449-460

  Videras, Julio ^a   Alberini, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 23044523217     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2000.tb00041.x     Document Type: Article

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