Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea

Since 1989, environmental authorities of the Republic of Korea have published on a monthly basis a list of enterprises violating the country's environmental rules and regulations. This may be the longest environmental public disclosure program...

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Main Authors: Hong, Jong Ho, Laplante, Benoit, Meisner, Craig
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2507712/public-disclosure-environmental-violations-republic-korea
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spelling okr-10986-181322021-04-23T14:03:41Z Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea Hong, Jong Ho Laplante, Benoit Meisner, Craig PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & PROTOCOLS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & LEGISLATION LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS PUBLIC AWARENESS POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ABATEMENT AIR AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY CAPITAL MARKETS CITIZENS COAL CONSTITUTION CONSTRUCTION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION COST FUNCTIONS DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCRIMINATION ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS STANDARDS EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISHING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORESTRY GAS GOVERNMENT ACTION HEALTH CARE HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEDIA MIGRATION POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER PUBLIC AFFAIRS QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY STANDARDS SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WORK SPILLOVERS TREATIES WASTE WASTEWATER WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ABATEMENT Since 1989, environmental authorities of the Republic of Korea have published on a monthly basis a list of enterprises violating the country's environmental rules and regulations. This may be the longest environmental public disclosure program currently in existence. Over the period 1993-2001 in excess of 7,000 violations have been recorded in these monthly violation lists, involving more than 3,400 different companies. In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive descriptive analysis of this dataset. Results suggest that the news media have given an important, though perhaps declining coverage, to the violation lists, with a focus on publicly traded companies, failures to operate pollution abatement equipment, and prosecutions. 2014-05-01T20:16:17Z 2014-05-01T20:16:17Z 2003-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2507712/public-disclosure-environmental-violations-republic-korea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18132 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3126 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Korea, Republic of
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topic PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & PROTOCOLS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & LEGISLATION
LAW ENFORCEMENT
VIOLATIONS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS
POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ABATEMENT
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AUTHORITY
CAPITAL MARKETS
CITIZENS
COAL
CONSTITUTION
CONSTRUCTION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
COST FUNCTIONS
DISCLOSURE
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DISCRIMINATION
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS STANDARDS
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISHING
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FORESTRY
GAS
GOVERNMENT ACTION
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
LAWS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MEDIA
MIGRATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLLUTERS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POTABLE WATER
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY STANDARDS
SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL WORK
SPILLOVERS
TREATIES
WASTE
WASTEWATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER SUPPLY
POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
ABATEMENT
spellingShingle PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & PROTOCOLS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & LEGISLATION
LAW ENFORCEMENT
VIOLATIONS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS
POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ABATEMENT
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AUTHORITY
CAPITAL MARKETS
CITIZENS
COAL
CONSTITUTION
CONSTRUCTION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPTION
COST FUNCTIONS
DISCLOSURE
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DISCRIMINATION
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS STANDARDS
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISHING
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FORESTRY
GAS
GOVERNMENT ACTION
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
LAWS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MEDIA
MIGRATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLLUTERS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POTABLE WATER
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY STANDARDS
SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL WORK
SPILLOVERS
TREATIES
WASTE
WASTEWATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
WATER SUPPLY
POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
ABATEMENT
Hong, Jong Ho
Laplante, Benoit
Meisner, Craig
Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Korea, Republic of
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3126
description Since 1989, environmental authorities of the Republic of Korea have published on a monthly basis a list of enterprises violating the country's environmental rules and regulations. This may be the longest environmental public disclosure program currently in existence. Over the period 1993-2001 in excess of 7,000 violations have been recorded in these monthly violation lists, involving more than 3,400 different companies. In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive descriptive analysis of this dataset. Results suggest that the news media have given an important, though perhaps declining coverage, to the violation lists, with a focus on publicly traded companies, failures to operate pollution abatement equipment, and prosecutions.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Hong, Jong Ho
Laplante, Benoit
Meisner, Craig
author_facet Hong, Jong Ho
Laplante, Benoit
Meisner, Craig
author_sort Hong, Jong Ho
title Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea
title_short Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea
title_full Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea
title_fullStr Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea
title_full_unstemmed Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea
title_sort public disclosure of environmental violations in the republic of korea
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2507712/public-disclosure-environmental-violations-republic-korea
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18132
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