Information disclosure policies: When do they bring environmental improvements?

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Uchida, Toshihiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Eco label; Information disclosure; Pollution; Voluntary approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847629633     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11294-006-9062-y     Document Type: Article

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