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New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling

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  1. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg

    Robert L. Hicks (Associate Professor of Economics)

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  1. Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Leibniz University of Hannover, Koenigsworther Platz 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Ulrike Grote

  2. Department of Economics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 29187, USA

    Arnab K. Basu

  3. Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Nancy H. Chau

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Hicks, R.L. (2007). Performance-based Labeling. In: Grote, U., Basu, A.K., Chau, N.H. (eds) New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling. Sustainability and Innovation. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1756-0_3

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