The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations

by Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski

Book Overview

Can businesses voluntarily adopt progressive environmental policies? Most environmental regulations are based on the assumption that the pursuit of profit leads firms to pollute the environment, and therefore governments must impose mandatory regulations. However, new instruments such as voluntary programs are increasingly important. Drawing on the economic theory of club goods, this book offers a theoretical account of voluntary environmental programs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521860415
• ISBN13: 9780521860413
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"