Incentives for environmental self-regulation and implications for environmental performance

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 632-654

  Anton, Wilma Rose Q ^a   Deltas, George ^b   Khanna, Madhu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management practices; Environmental management systems; Environmental self regulation; Market based pressures; Regulatory pressures; Toxic releases; Voluntary adoption

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DATA ACQUISITION; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (EMS); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TOXIC EMISSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 3042553685     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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