International environmental outsourcing

Review of World Economics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 639-664

  Cole, Matthew A ^a   Elliott, Robert J R ^a   Okubo, Toshihiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental regulations; Firm level; Outsourcing; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919495139     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-014-0193-6     Document Type: Article

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