HOW TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS? THE ROLE OF INFORMATION
The effectiveness of environmental regulation can be viewed as conditioned by the action of two main agents: regulated firms and public agency. Using a questionnaire on the pulp and paper industry in Portugal, this article finds that firms' decision to comply with environmental regulations is strongly influenced by firms' information on its legal obligations; this effect is stronger for smaller firms. Moreover larger/younger firms are less likely to comply with environmental regulations than smaller/older firms. Regarding the public agency's behavior, the authors find that greater monitoring efforts are directed toward larger/younger firms and toward those firms most likely to cause higher pollution levels. (JEL "K32, Q28") Copyright 2005 Western Economic Association International.
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2005
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Authors: | BOTELHO, ANABELA ; PINTO, LÍGIA M. COSTA ; RODRIGUES, ISABEL |
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Contemporary Economic Policy. - Western Economic Association International - WEAI, ISSN 1074-3529. - Vol. 23.2005, 4, p. 568-577
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Western Economic Association International - WEAI |
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