Focal Points in Public Policy: Evidence from Voluntary Regulation

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-299

  Whitford, Andrew B ^a   Tucker, Justin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Expressive law; Seemingly unrelated regression (SUR); Voluntary regulation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVESTMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84857692311     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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