Green clubs

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-322

  van't Veld, Klaas ^a   Kotchen, Matthew J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clubs; Eco certification programs; Green markets; Public goods

Indexed keywords

CLUBS; ECO-CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; FREE-RIDING; GREEN MARKETS; PUBLIC GOODS;

STANDARDS;

ECOLABELING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREEN REVOLUTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC GOODS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 80955158818     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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