Why does environmental compliance cost more than penalty? —A legal analysis on environmental acts of enterprises in China

2007, Volume 1, Issue 4

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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2007, Volume 1, Issue 4 doi: 10.1007/s11783-007-0069-2

Why does environmental compliance cost more than penalty? —A legal analysis on environmental acts of enterprises in China

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School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;

Available online：2007-12-05

Abstract

In the environmental protection field of China, due to lower law-breaking cost but higher law-abiding cost , it is a common case that the enterprise chooses to break through the law on purpose. The punishment to the unlawful pr

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law-abiding ; punishment ; environmental protection ; law-breaking ; enterprise

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