Environmental information provision, market valuation, and firm incentives: An empirical study of the Japanese PRTR system

Land Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-393

  Hibiki, Akira ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^a  

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FIRM SIZE; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 77953887061     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.86.2.382     Document Type: Article

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