Environmental Policy, Rankings and Stock Values

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 317-325

  Amato, Louis H ^a   Amato, Christie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental rating; Environmental responsibility; Stock values

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863780057     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.742     Document Type: Article

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