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Coming Clean : Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance /

The authors find that TRI - probably the best-known example of information disclosure - has had a substantial effect over time on the environmental performance of industry. But, drawing on case studies from across the nation, they show that the improvement is not uniform: some facilities have been l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kraft, Michael E.
Otros Autores: Abel, Troy D., Stephan, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a The authors find that TRI - probably the best-known example of information disclosure - has had a substantial effect over time on the environmental performance of industry. But, drawing on case studies from across the nation, they show that the improvement is not uniform: some facilities have been leaders while others have been laggards. The authors argue that information disclosure has an important role to play in environmental policy--but only as part of an integrated set of policy tools that includes conventional regulation."--Pub. desc 
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