Impact of government-sponsored pollution prevention practices on environmental compliance and enforcement: Evidence from a sample of US manufacturing facilities

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-286

  Sam, Abdoul G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Enforcement; P2 practices; Poisson models; Pollution Prevention Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952292516     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-009-9103-6     Document Type: Article

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