A Literature review on the links between environmental regulation and competitiveness

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-222

  Iraldo, Fabio ^a,b   Testa, Francesco ^a   Melis, Michela ^b   Frey, Marco ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive performance; Environmental regulation; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 79957611907     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.568     Document Type: Article

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