Factors Influencing Corporate Environmental Protection Activities for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions: The Relationship Between Environmental and Financial Performance

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-481

  Hatakeda, Takashi ^a   Kokubu, Katsuhiko ^a   Kajiwara, Takehisa ^a   Nishitani, Kimitaka ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Financial flexibility; GHG emissions; ISO 14001 adoption; Market competition; Profitability; Share ownership structure; Switching regression model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCE; GAS EMISSIONS; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY; GHG EMISSION; ISO 14001; MARKET COMPETITION; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; SWITCHING REGRESSIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; OWNERSHIP; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

EID: 84870854144     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9571-5     Document Type: Article

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