Compliance costs, regulation, and environmental performance: Controlling truck emissions in the US
Thornton, Dorothy; Kagan, Robert A; Gunningham, Neil
Description
When explaining regulatory policymaking and the behavior of regulated business firms, scholars have supplemented economic models by emphasizing the role of public-regarding entrepreneurial politics and of normative pressures on firms. This article explores the limits of such entrepreneurial politics and "social license" pressures by examining regulation of emissions from diesel powered trucks in the US. We find that the economic cost of obtaining the best available control technology - new...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2008 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36016 |
Source: | Regulation & Governance |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00043.x |
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