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When Do Firms Go Green? Comparing Command and Control Regulations with Price Incentives in India
Harrison, Ann E. - 2015
examine India's experience and find evidence that CAC policies achieved substantial environmental benefits at a relatively low … cost. Constructing an establishment-level panel from 1998 to 2009, we find that the CAC regulations imposed by India …
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The Relationship Dilemma : Organizational Culture and the Adoption of Credit Scoring Technology in Indian Banking
Mishra, Prachi - 2019
Credit scoring was introduced in India in 2007. We study the pace of its adoption by new private banks (NPBs) and state … banks suggests that neither bank size nor government ownership fully explains adoption patterns. Organizational culture …
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Government Guarantees and Bank Vulnerability During a Crisis : Evidence from an Emerging Market
Acharya, Viral V.; Kulkarni, Nirupama - 2022
pre-crisis data, in order to study the impact of government guarantees on bank performance during a crisis. Using bank … private sector bank branches in districts with greater exposure to state-owned banks experienced deposit withdrawals and … shortening of deposit maturity. In contrast, nearby vulnerable state-owned bank branches grew their deposit base and increased …
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Green Clubs
van 't Veld, Klaas - 2014
This paper treats programs in which firms voluntarily agree to meet environmental standards as "green clubs": clubs, because they provide non-rival but excludable reputation benefits to participating firms; green, because they also generate environmental public goods. The model illuminates a...
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Going Green in China : Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations
Fan, Haichao - 2019
This paper examines the effect of stringent environmental regulations on firms' environmental practices, economic performance, and environmental innovation. Reducing COD levels by 10% relative to 2005 levels is an aim of the Chinese 11th Five-Year Plan. Using a difference-in-differences...
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Plant Vintage, Technology, and Environmental Regulation
Gray, Wayne B.; Shadbegian, Ronald J. - 2021
Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills' vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement operating costs for 1979-1990. We find a significant negative...
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Environmental Policy and Firm Behavior : Abatement Investment and Location Decisions Under Uncertainty and Irreversibility
Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2021
This paper explores abatement investment and location responses to environmental policy, which takes the form of emission taxes or tradeable emission permits and subsidies against the costs of abatement investment, under uncertainty and irreversibility. Uncertainty is associated with output...
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From Green Users to Green Voters
Comin, Diego A. - 2014
We study the effect of the diffusion of photovoltaic (PV) systems on the fraction of votes obtained by the German Green Party in federal elections. Using both regional and household survey data, we show that households that adopted PV systems became more supportive of the Green Party. We...
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Modern Management : Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...
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The Service Sector as India's Road to Economic Growth
Eichengreen, Barry - 2011
While India is distinctive among developing countries for its fast-growing service sector, sceptics have raised doubts …
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