Effectiveness of policy against illegal disposal of waste

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-145

  Shinkuma, Takayoshi ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b,c  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disposers and waste management; Enforcement leverage; Environmental regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859110526     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-011-0024-0     Document Type: Article

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