Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance

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Coming Clean American and Comparative Environmental Policy Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael E. Kraft, series editors A complete list of the books published in the American and Comparative Environmental Policy series appears at the back of this book. Coming Clean Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance Michael E. Kraft, Mark Stephan, and Troy D. Abel The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email special_sales@ mitpress.mit.edu This book was set in Sabon by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kraft, Michael E. Coming clean : information disclosure and environmental performance / Michael E. Kraft, Mark Stephan, and Troy D. Abel. p. cm. — (American and comparative environmental policy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01495-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-262-51557-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Environmental policy—United States—Decision making. 2. Toxics Release Inventory Program (U.S.) 3. Environmental reporting—United States. 4. Disclosure of information—United States. I. Stephan, Mark. II. Abel, Troy D. III. Title. GE180.K725 2011 333.71′฀ 4—dc22 2010015784 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...