The impact of disaster on the strategic interaction between company and government

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 363-376

  Hausken, Kjell ^a   Zhuang, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Disaster; Production; Profit; Safety effort; Taxation

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; FREE RIDING; GOVERNMENT IS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; SAFETY EFFORTS; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; TAX RATES; U-SHAPED; UNIT COST; UNIT PRODUCTION COST; UPPER LIMITS;

DISASTERS; INDUSTRY; OIL SPILLS; PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY;

TAXATION;

EID: 84870061340     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.047     Document Type: Article

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