Determinants of Cleaner Technology Investments in the U.S. Bleached Kraft Pulp Industry

Maynard, Leigh J.; Shortle, James S.

doi:10.2307/3146941

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“…Purvis et al [63] try to simulate the investment behaviour in the presence of uncertainty and irreversibility, an approach also pursued by Diederen et al [16]. Luque [52] tries to incorporate elements of the option theory in a probit analysis of the determinants of investment, while Maynard and Shortle [54] find a double hurdle approach superior to the probit approach.…”

Section: Suggestions For Future Diffusion Analysismentioning

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The diffusion of clean technologies: a review with suggestions for future diffusion analysis

Kemp

Volpi

2008

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Suggestions For Future Diffusion Analysismentioning

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The diffusion of clean technologies: a review with suggestions for future diffusion analysis

Kemp

Volpi

2008

Journal of Cleaner Production

188

113

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“…Trade groups have been shown to influence marinas to undertake best environmental practices (May, 2003). And bleached Kraft pulp producers that are members of environmental groups are more likely to use cleaner technologies than nonmembers (Maynard & Shortle, 2001). In these examples, the associations serve as mediating institutions by influencing their members to behave in socially desirable ways.…”

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Employers as Mediating Institutions for Public Policy: The Case of Commute Options Programs

DeHart‐Davis

Guensler

2005

Policy Studies Journal

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Scholars have recently noted the role that employers can play as "mediating institutions" for public policy. Mediating institutions connect the private lives of individuals with public policy concerns by communicating societal norms to members and providing social contexts that encourage a commitment to these norms. Despite the potential importance of employers as mediating institutions for public policy, little scholarly attention has been devoted to employer mediation behavior. Accordingly, this study examines two research questions. What factors influence an employer's willingness to mediate policy problems? And how effective are employers as mediating institutions? The mediation behaviors of interest relate to employer efforts to mitigate traffic congestion and air quality problems by enabling employee "commute options," which are alternatives to single-occupancy vehicle commuting to work. Drawing on theories of organization behavior, the study hypothesizes that self-interest, organizational control, and association membership will affect willingness to provide commute options. The study also hypothesizes that employers providing commute options will have lower percentages of employees that drive to work alone. Both sets of hypotheses are supported by statistical analyses of data from a cross-sectional mail survey of metropolitan Atlanta organizations.

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“…To avoid such problems and at the same time account for the importance of fuel price variation to firms, a variable was created to capture a firm's fuel intensity (instead of the price of fuel): the ratio between fuel use and revenues. Maynard and Shortle (2001) include an energy intensity variable to determine the adoption of abatement technology and find that this variable has a positive and significant impact on abatement investments. Hence, firms with high energy (or fuel) intensity have more incentives to reduce their energy dependency than firms with low energy (fuel) intensity.…”

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Why the EU ETS needs reforming: an empirical analysis of the impact on company investments

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The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is so far the largest emissions trading system in the world. A rigorous ex post empirical analysis of the scheme is presented. The effect of the scheme on firms' investment decisions in carbonreducing technologies is analysed by using detailed firm-level data from Swedish industry. Based on difference-in-difference estimation as well as a before-after difference estimation, the results reveal that the EU ETS has not had a significant effect on firms' decisions to invest in carbon-mitigating technologies. However, although the EU ETS appears to have no direct effect on investments, it is too early to dismiss the system. Consideration is given to how the EU ETS can realize its potential to become an effective tool in the EU climate and energy policy portfolio. Policy relevanceA thorough analysis and discussion considers the ability of the EU ETS to create strong incentives for investment in carbonreducing measures. The empirical results (using detailed firm-level data from Swedish industry) add to earlier findings in the literature showing the limitations of the EU ETS to influence investments and innovation. This is a critical and pressing issue for policy makers. With even modest reforms such as the back-loading of allowances meeting strong resistance from some Member States, the future of the EU ETS is rightly put in question. A key question is whether the EU ETS can and should be reformed in a way so that it can have a real impact on investments, or whether other policy instruments should take an increasing role for longterm transformation of the energy system.

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Determinants of Cleaner Technology Investments in the U.S. Bleached Kraft Pulp Industry

Cited by 25 publications

References 19 publications

The diffusion of clean technologies: a review with suggestions for future diffusion analysis

The diffusion of clean technologies: a review with suggestions for future diffusion analysis

Employers as Mediating Institutions for Public Policy: The Case of Commute Options Programs

Why the EU ETS needs reforming: an empirical analysis of the impact on company investments

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