Voluntary development of environmental management systems: Motivations and regulatory implications

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-65

  Uchida, Toshihiro ^a   Ferraro, Paul J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Japan; Pollution; Voluntary approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250877473     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-006-9016-6     Document Type: Article

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