Corporate Expenditure on Environmental Protection

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-296

  Haller, Stefanie A ^a   Murphy, Liam ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Capital expenditure on pollution abatement; Environmental expenditure; Firm level analysis; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; POLLUTION;

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON POLLUTION ABATEMENTS; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURES; FIRM SIZE; FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; REGULATORY INCENTIVES; SELECTION MODEL;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ABATEMENT COST; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPENDITURE; FIRM SIZE; INCENTIVE; MANUFACTURING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

IRELAND;

EID: 84855928266     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9499-1     Document Type: Article

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