Can consumers enforce environmental regulations? The role of the market in hazardous waste compliance
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Keywords
Commercial environmentalism; Compliance; Enforcement; Hazardous waste; Market size; Competition; Q28; K42; D21;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
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