The impact of foreign ownership and efficiency on pollution abatement expenditure by chemical plants: Some UK evidence

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 747-768

  Collins, Alan ^a   Harris, Richard I D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; OWNERSHIP; POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 28144457486     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2005.00365.x     Document Type: Review

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