Introduction -- Environmental performance auditing -- Global trends in environmental performance auditing -- Current practices in environmental performance auditing -- Environmental performance auditing in three countries -- Challenges and barriers -- Perspectives and prospects -- Appendix: A...

Introduction -- Environmental performance auditing -- Global trends in environmental performance auditing -- Current practices in environmental performance auditing -- Environmental performance auditing in three countries -- Challenges and barriers -- Perspectives and prospects -- Appendix:...

Relying on a small natural field experiment with random assignment of treatments, I estimate effects of three core elements of most monitoring and enforcement practices: self-reporting, audit frequency and specific deterrence. I find evidence of evasive reporting of violations in self-audits, as...