Environmental Inspections and Emissions of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Quebec

Laplante, Benoı̂t; Rilstone, Paul

doi:10.1006/jeem.1996.0029

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“…Thus, it is necessary for the government to tax and regulate the environmental damage caused by production (Common, 1979). Previous studies have shown that firms' initial environmental performance is influenced by governmental regulation (Laplante and Rilstone, 1996;Gray and Deily, 1996). In this regard, the stricter the regulation, the more effort the firms will exert to reduce pollution.…”

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Assessing the economic performance of an environmental sustainable supply chain in reducing environmental externalities

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Liu

Zheng

2016

European Journal of Operational Research

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This study investigates the mechanism that motivates supply chain firms to reduce environmental externalities while balancing the economic feasibility of the supply chain system under environmentally constrained circumstances in a competitive market. Taking government policy incentives into account, a quantitative model of an integrated supply chain that incorporates sustainable constraints is formulated to optimize supply chain firms’ operational strategies of producing environmental friendly products (EFPs). This study contributes to the literature with a better understanding the interplay and interrelation of multiple sustainable constraints and their impact on supply chain firms’ collaborative decisions. Our findings suggest that the decisions of operating EFPs are subject to sustainable constraints and that the government policy incentives play a dominant role overseeing supply chain firms’ environmental behaviors toward sustainability

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Assessing the economic performance of an environmental sustainable supply chain in reducing environmental externalities

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Liu

Zheng

2016

European Journal of Operational Research

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“…Gray and Shadbegian (2004) find that near the Canadian-United States border BOD discharges are higher and that fewer inspections take place. Using Toxic Release Inventory data from 1987to 1996, Helland and Whitford (2003 show that facilities' water emissions are higher in counties that border other states. Sigman (2005) finds that free riding gives rise to a 4 percent degradation of water quality downstream of authorized US states.…”

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Water Pollution Progress at Borders: The Role of Changes in China's Political Promotion Incentives

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Pei

Zhao

2015

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

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R iver pollution represents a classic negative externality that spills across political boundaries. The source region generates emissions that pollute the river, but social costs are borne downstream. In cases ranging from Western Europe to China, empirical studies have documented significant free riding along interjurisdictional river boundaries (Cai, Chen, and Qing 2013;Sigman 2002Sigman , 2005and Sandler 2006). 1 Sigman (2002) compares pollution in domestic and international rivers. She finds that stations immediately upstream of international borders have higher levels of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) than similar stations elsewhere. Gray and Shadbegian (2004) find that near the Canadian-United States border BOD discharges are higher and that fewer inspections take place. Using Toxic Release Inventory data from 1987to 1996, Helland and Whitford (2003 show that facilities' water emissions are higher in counties that border other states. Sigman (2005) finds that free riding gives rise to a 4 percent degradation of water quality downstream of authorized US states. Lipscomb and Mobarak (2013) exploit a Brazilian natural experiment in which county borders are redrawn frequently and consequently changes strategic polluting behavior around borders. They conclude that solutions to cross-boundary spillovers require active regulatory involvement by upper-level governmental officials.

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“…showing that more frequent inspections improve compliance (Magat & Viscusi 1990;Laplante & Rilstone 1996Gray & Shadbegian 2005;Kuperan & Sutinen 1998;Winter & May 2001;Braithwaite & Makkai 1991). 32 Building on this prior work, our results suggest that such coercive, deterrent regulatory techniques may continue to be necessary even in a 31 The coefficients on these three variables are not jointly significantly different from zero at conventional levels, nor is their sum.…”

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Turning Themselves in: Why Companies Disclose Regulatory Violations

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Environmental Inspections and Emissions of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Quebec

Cited by 258 publications

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Assessing the economic performance of an environmental sustainable supply chain in reducing environmental externalities

Assessing the economic performance of an environmental sustainable supply chain in reducing environmental externalities

Water Pollution Progress at Borders: The Role of Changes in China's Political Promotion Incentives

Turning Themselves in: Why Companies Disclose Regulatory Violations

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