Environmental compliance and human capital: Evidence from Chinese industrial firms

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 534-557

  Lan, Jing ^a   Munro, Alistair ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Environmental compliance; External and internal effects; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENEITY; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERVISION; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; HUMAN CAPITALS; INTERNAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE;

CHINA;

EID: 84887825582     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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