The limits of carbon disclosure: Theorizing the business case for investor environmentalism

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-119

  Harmes, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; STOCK MARKET; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 79955457533     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00057     Document Type: Article

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