Free riders and environmental voluntary approaches

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 487-507

  Cunningham, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental concerns; Free riders; Information sharing; VAs; Voluntary approaches

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047128666     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2006.012273     Document Type: Article

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