Is Voluntary Pollution Abatement in the Absence of a Carrot or Stick Effective? Evidence from Facility Participation in the EPA's 33/50 Program

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-393

  Vidovic, Martina ^a   Khanna, Neha ^b  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel; GMM; Toxic releases inventory; Voluntary pollution abatement

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

DYNAMIC PANELS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; REDUCING EMISSIONS; TOTAL EMISSIONS; TOXIC RELEASE;

POLLUTION;

ABATEMENT COST; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 84862874227     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9533-3     Document Type: Article

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