Industrial Ownership and Environmental Performance : Evidence from China
The authors explore the differences in pollution control performance of industries with different types of ownership in China-state-owned (SOE), collectively- or community-owned (COE), privately owned (POE), companies with foreign direct investment...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2101352/industrial-ownership-environmental-performance-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19198 |
| Summary: | The authors explore the differences in
pollution control performance of industries with different
types of ownership in China-state-owned (SOE), collectively-
or community-owned (COE), privately owned (POE), companies
with foreign direct investment (FDI), and joint ventures.
About 1,000 industrial firms in three provinces of China
were surveyed, and detailed 1999 firm-level information was
obtained. The authors analyzed the differences between firms
in receiving and reacting to environmental regulatory
enforcement, community pressure, environmental services, as
well as in the firm's internal environmental management
among the different types of ownership. The authors also
conducted econometric analyses on the determinants of
pollution discharge performance. The results show that
foreign direct investment and collectively-owned enterprises
have better environmental performances in terms of water
pollution discharge intensity, while state-owned enterprises
and privately owned enterprises in China are the worst
performers. The results also suggest that collectively-owned
enterprises in China do internalize environmental externalities. |
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