Environmental Public Voluntary Programs Reconsidered.
Environmental “public voluntary programs” (PVPs) involve government offers of positive publicity and technical assistance to firms that reach certain environmental goals. A growing body of empirical work suggests these programs generally have little impact on the behavior of their participants. A na...
| Published in: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 723 - 751 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
November 2007
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