Media attention and the Toxics Release Inventory

Ecological Economics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-291

  Saha, Shrawantee ^a   Mohr, Robert D ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Media attention; Toxics Release Inventory

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; MEDIA INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLUME;

EID: 84880357380     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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