License scheme: An optimal waste management policy under asymmetric information

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-168

  Shinkuma, Takayoshi ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b,c  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; License; Non compliance; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952007425     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-010-9136-x     Document Type: Article

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