Voluntary agreements in environmental policy: an empirical evaluation for the Chilean case

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 620-637

  Jiménez, Orlando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Environmental policy; Propensity score analysis; Voluntary environmental agreements

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33845340746     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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