Export Processing Zones and Corporate Environmental Performance in Emerging Economies : The Case of the Oil, Gas, and Chemical Sectors of Trinidad and Tobago
Export processing zones (EPZs) are increasingly being established to promote economic growth in developing countries. However, they remain controversial and are often criticized for being associated with a ‘‘race to the bottom’’ characterized by the easing of labor and environmental standards. This paper investigates whether the decision to locate facilities inside these zones is associated with higher corporate environmental performance. Findings indicate that facilities operating in Trinidad and Tobago’s EPZs are more likely to show higher corporate environmental performance than those outside. Additionally, firms in state-managed zones appear to show higher corporate environmental performance than those located in privately managed zones. Enhanced institutional pressures from regulators, local communities, and fellow tenant firms may explain these differences. These results suggest that environmental policy makers and environmentalists can take advantage of already established EPZs to promote enclave enhanced institutional pressures associated with superior corporate environmental performance
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2014
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Authors: | Rivera, Jorge E. ; Shah, Kalim |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Sonderwirtschaftszone | Special economic zone | Umweltmanagement | Environmental management | Trinidad und Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | Erdölindustrie | Oil industry | Gaswirtschaft | Gas industry | Chemieindustrie | Chemical industry | Institutionenökonomik | Institutional economics |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (21 p) |
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Series: | Policy Sciences ; Vol. 40, pp, 265-285, 2007 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 3, 2010 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.1599923 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195547