Truth-telling by third-party auditors and the response of polluting firms: Experimental evidence from india

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1499-1545

  Duflo, Esther ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^a   Pande, Rohini ^b   Ryan, Nicholas ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; INCENTIVE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MARKET CONDITIONS; QUOTA SYSTEM; STANDARD (REGULATION);

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84885779689     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt024     Document Type: Article

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