Effects of the design of environmental disclosure regulation on information provision: The case of Israeli Securities Regulation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8022-8029

  Kerret, Dorit ^a   Menahem, Gila ^a   Sagi, Rinat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT; INFORMATION PROVISION; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PERFORMANCE DATA; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY TOOLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFORMATION POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISRAEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISCLOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FINANCIAL AUDIT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; ISRAEL; MANDATORY REPORTING; POLICY MAKING;

ISRAEL;

EID: 78549293976     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102361k     Document Type: Article

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