Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections
Little empirical research has been done on monitoring and enforcement issues in environmental economics, especially to analyze the impact of monitoring and enforcement on polluters' environmental performance. No studies have been done in devel...
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okr-10986-223352021-04-23T14:04:07Z Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections Dasgupta, Susmita Laplante, Benoit Namingi, Nlandu Wang, Hua ABATEMENT COSTS ACCIDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ANIMALS BOD CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND COAL COD CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMISTS EFFLUENT DISCHARGE EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUILIBRIUM FOOD PROCESSING INCOME INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INJURIES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTEREST RATES LABOR FORCE LEGISLATION MALARIA MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY PARTICULATES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CHARGES POLLUTION CONCENTRATION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS POLLUTION LEVELS POLLUTION REGULATION POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY SAFETY SEWERAGE SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSPENDED SOLIDS TIMBER TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES UNEMPLOYMENT WASTES WASTEWATER WATER POLLUTION WILLINGNESS TO PAY Little empirical research has been done on monitoring and enforcement issues in environmental economics, especially to analyze the impact of monitoring and enforcement on polluters' environmental performance. No studies have been done in developing economies. The authors explore the impact of inspections, and the potential impact of pollution charges and citizens' complaints, on the environmental performance of polluters in China. Their analysis of plant-level data from the city of Zhenjiang shows that: 1) Inspections have a statistically significant impact on firms environmental performance. 2) Pollution charges do not have a statistically significant effect on firms performance - although the lack of variation in pollution charges in Zhenjiang precludes effectively capturing their impact. 3) Complaints have a significant impact on inspections and therefore on pollution control. Currently available data do not allow analysis of whether the cost of additional inspections is justified, but it is reasonable to speculate that additional inspections would improve social welfare in Zhenjiang, and that information and education campaigns are probably a good way to encourage citizen complaints. 2015-07-29T15:40:46Z 2015-07-29T15:40:46Z 2000-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/438376/industrial-environmental-performance-china-impact-inspections http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22335 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2285 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China |
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ABATEMENT COSTS ACCIDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ANIMALS BOD CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND COAL COD CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMISTS EFFLUENT DISCHARGE EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUILIBRIUM FOOD PROCESSING INCOME INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INJURIES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTEREST RATES LABOR FORCE LEGISLATION MALARIA MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY PARTICULATES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CHARGES POLLUTION CONCENTRATION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS POLLUTION LEVELS POLLUTION REGULATION POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY SAFETY SEWERAGE SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSPENDED SOLIDS TIMBER TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES UNEMPLOYMENT WASTES WASTEWATER WATER POLLUTION WILLINGNESS TO PAY |
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ABATEMENT COSTS ACCIDENTS ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ANIMALS BOD CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND COAL COD CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMISTS EFFLUENT DISCHARGE EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUILIBRIUM FOOD PROCESSING INCOME INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INJURIES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTEREST RATES LABOR FORCE LEGISLATION MALARIA MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY PARTICULATES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CHARGES POLLUTION CONCENTRATION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS POLLUTION LEVELS POLLUTION REGULATION POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY SAFETY SEWERAGE SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSPENDED SOLIDS TIMBER TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES UNEMPLOYMENT WASTES WASTEWATER WATER POLLUTION WILLINGNESS TO PAY Dasgupta, Susmita Laplante, Benoit Namingi, Nlandu Wang, Hua Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections |
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Little empirical research has been done
on monitoring and enforcement issues in environmental
economics, especially to analyze the impact of monitoring
and enforcement on polluters' environmental performance. No
studies have been done in developing economies. The authors
explore the impact of inspections, and the potential impact
of pollution charges and citizens' complaints, on the
environmental performance of polluters in China. Their
analysis of plant-level data from the city of Zhenjiang
shows that: 1) Inspections have a statistically significant
impact on firms environmental performance. 2) Pollution
charges do not have a statistically significant effect on
firms performance - although the lack of variation in
pollution charges in Zhenjiang precludes effectively
capturing their impact. 3) Complaints have a significant
impact on inspections and therefore on pollution control.
Currently available data do not allow analysis of whether
the cost of additional inspections is justified, but it is
reasonable to speculate that additional inspections would
improve social welfare in Zhenjiang, and that information
and education campaigns are probably a good way to encourage
citizen complaints. |
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Working Paper |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Laplante, Benoit Namingi, Nlandu Wang, Hua |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Laplante, Benoit Namingi, Nlandu Wang, Hua |
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Dasgupta, Susmita |
| title |
Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections |
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Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections |
| title_full |
Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections |
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Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections |
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Industrial Environmental Performance in China : The Impact of Inspections |
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industrial environmental performance in china : the impact of inspections |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/438376/industrial-environmental-performance-china-impact-inspections http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22335 |
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