An Empirical Analysis of the Effects on Firms' Economic Performance of Implementing Environmental Management Systems

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-586

  Nishitani, Kimitaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental management system; Fixed effects instrumental variables model; Improvement in productivity; Increase in demand; ISO 14001

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRODUCTIVITY;

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); INCREASE IN DEMAND; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; ISO 14001; JAPANESE MANUFACTURING; SIMPLE MODELING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 79952618691     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9404-3     Document Type: Article

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