Effect of corporate economic performance on firm-level environmental performance in a transition economy

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-329

  Earnhart, Dietrich ^a,c   Lizal, Lubomir ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Environmental protection; Financial performance; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSITION ECONOMY; TRANSITIONAL PERIOD;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 77953480319     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9342-0     Document Type: Article

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