How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information

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Autor(a) principal: Botelho, Anabela
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Pinto, Lígia, Rodrigues, Isabel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/1999
Resumo: The effectiveness of environmental regulation can be viewed as conditioned by the action of at least two main agents: the regulated firms and the public agency (the regulator). The agency’s role is, on one hand, to enact environmental regulations and, on the other, to monitor firms’ environmental behavior and enforce environmental regulations. The regulated firms, on the other hand, must be informed about the legal limits imposed on them and subsequently they must be able to comply with those limits. Using a questionnaire on the pulp and paper industry in Portugal we found that firms decision to comply with environmental regulations is strongly influenced by firms’ information on its legal obligations and that this effect is stronger for smaller firms. Moreover larger and younger firms are less likely to comply with environmental regulations than smaller and older firms. With respect to the public agency’s behavior, we found that greater monitoring efforts are directed towards larger and younger firms, as well as towards those firms most likely to cause higher pollution levels.
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spelling How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of informationEnvironmental regulationInformationThe effectiveness of environmental regulation can be viewed as conditioned by the action of at least two main agents: the regulated firms and the public agency (the regulator). The agency’s role is, on one hand, to enact environmental regulations and, on the other, to monitor firms’ environmental behavior and enforce environmental regulations. The regulated firms, on the other hand, must be informed about the legal limits imposed on them and subsequently they must be able to comply with those limits. Using a questionnaire on the pulp and paper industry in Portugal we found that firms decision to comply with environmental regulations is strongly influenced by firms’ information on its legal obligations and that this effect is stronger for smaller firms. Moreover larger and younger firms are less likely to comply with environmental regulations than smaller and older firms. With respect to the public agency’s behavior, we found that greater monitoring efforts are directed towards larger and younger firms, as well as towards those firms most likely to cause higher pollution levels.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)IWA PublishingUniversidade do MinhoBotelho, AnabelaPinto, LígiaRodrigues, Isabel2003-102003-10-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/1999engBOTELHO, Anabela; PINTO, Lígia; RODRIGUES, Isabel - "How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information". [Em linha]. Braga : UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO. Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada, 2003. [Consult. 7 Jun. 2005]. Disponível em http://nima.eeg.uminho.ptinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:42:56Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/1999Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:40:18.765193Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
spellingShingle How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
Botelho, Anabela
Environmental regulation
Information
title_short How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
title_full How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
title_fullStr How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
title_full_unstemmed How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
title_sort How to comply with environmental regulations? The role of information
author Botelho, Anabela
author_facet Botelho, Anabela
Pinto, Lígia
Rodrigues, Isabel
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author2 Pinto, Lígia
Rodrigues, Isabel
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Botelho, Anabela
Pinto, Lígia
Rodrigues, Isabel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Environmental regulation
Information
topic Environmental regulation
Information
description The effectiveness of environmental regulation can be viewed as conditioned by the action of at least two main agents: the regulated firms and the public agency (the regulator). The agency’s role is, on one hand, to enact environmental regulations and, on the other, to monitor firms’ environmental behavior and enforce environmental regulations. The regulated firms, on the other hand, must be informed about the legal limits imposed on them and subsequently they must be able to comply with those limits. Using a questionnaire on the pulp and paper industry in Portugal we found that firms decision to comply with environmental regulations is strongly influenced by firms’ information on its legal obligations and that this effect is stronger for smaller firms. Moreover larger and younger firms are less likely to comply with environmental regulations than smaller and older firms. With respect to the public agency’s behavior, we found that greater monitoring efforts are directed towards larger and younger firms, as well as towards those firms most likely to cause higher pollution levels.
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