This work reports on a path-breaking study of how government regulation of business in the United States differs in practice from regulation in other economically advanced democracies.In each of ten in-depth case studies, the contributors to this volume compare a particular multinational...

How much does regulation matter in shaping corporate behavior? This pathbreaking, in-depth study of fourteen pulp manufacturing mills in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand reveals that steadily tightening regulatory standards have been crucial for raising environmental...