Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure
An increasing number of regulators have adopted public disclosure programs to create incentives for pollution control. Previous empirical analyses of monitoring and enforcement issues have focused strictly on the impact of such traditional practice...
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okr-10986-223322021-04-23T14:04:07Z Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure Foulon, Jérôme Lanoie, Paul Laplante, Benoît AIR AIR POLLUTION CAPITAL MARKETS CHEMICAL PROCESSES DIOXINS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFLUENT TREATMENT EFFLUENTS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS STANDARDS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FISH FISHERIES GASES HIGH LEVELS INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS INTERVENTION LANDFILL LEACHATE LAWS MANUFACTURING PROCESSES MINING OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION LEVELS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT STOCKHOLDERS STREAMS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASHING WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION CONTROL An increasing number of regulators have adopted public disclosure programs to create incentives for pollution control. Previous empirical analyses of monitoring and enforcement issues have focused strictly on the impact of such traditional practices as monitoring (inspections) and enforcement (fines and penalties) on polluters' environmental performance. Other analyses have separately focused on the impact of public disclosure programs. But can these programs create incentives in addition to the normal incentives of fines and penalties? The authors study the impact of both traditional enforcement and information strategies in the context of a single program, to gain insights into the relative impact of traditional (fines and penalties) and emerging (public disclosure) enforcement strategies. Their results suggest that the public disclosure strategy adopted by the province of British Columbia, Canada, has a greater impact on both emission levels and compliance status than do orders, fines, and penalties traditionally imposed by the courts and the Ministry of the Environment. But their results also demonstrate that adopting stricter standards and higher penalties also significantly affected emission levels. Policymakers, take note: 1) The presence of strong, clear standards together with a significant, credible penalty system sends appropriate signals to the regulated community, which responds by lowering pollution emissions. 2) The public disclosure of environmental performance creates strong additional incentives to control pollution. 2015-07-29T15:23:51Z 2015-07-29T15:23:51Z 2000-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/438330/incentives-pollution-control-regulation-public-disclosure http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22332 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2291 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 North America Canada |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION CAPITAL MARKETS CHEMICAL PROCESSES DIOXINS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFLUENT TREATMENT EFFLUENTS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS STANDARDS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FISH FISHERIES GASES HIGH LEVELS INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS INTERVENTION LANDFILL LEACHATE LAWS MANUFACTURING PROCESSES MINING OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION LEVELS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT STOCKHOLDERS STREAMS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASHING WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION CONTROL |
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AIR AIR POLLUTION CAPITAL MARKETS CHEMICAL PROCESSES DIOXINS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFLUENT TREATMENT EFFLUENTS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS STANDARDS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FISH FISHERIES GASES HIGH LEVELS INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS INTERVENTION LANDFILL LEACHATE LAWS MANUFACTURING PROCESSES MINING OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PAPER INDUSTRY POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION LEVELS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT STOCKHOLDERS STREAMS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASHING WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION CONTROL Foulon, Jérôme Lanoie, Paul Laplante, Benoît Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure |
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An increasing number of regulators have
adopted public disclosure programs to create incentives for
pollution control. Previous empirical analyses of monitoring
and enforcement issues have focused strictly on the impact
of such traditional practices as monitoring (inspections)
and enforcement (fines and penalties) on polluters'
environmental performance. Other analyses have separately
focused on the impact of public disclosure programs. But can
these programs create incentives in addition to the normal
incentives of fines and penalties? The authors study the
impact of both traditional enforcement and information
strategies in the context of a single program, to gain
insights into the relative impact of traditional (fines and
penalties) and emerging (public disclosure) enforcement
strategies. Their results suggest that the public disclosure
strategy adopted by the province of British Columbia,
Canada, has a greater impact on both emission levels and
compliance status than do orders, fines, and penalties
traditionally imposed by the courts and the Ministry of the
Environment. But their results also demonstrate that
adopting stricter standards and higher penalties also
significantly affected emission levels. Policymakers, take
note: 1) The presence of strong, clear standards together
with a significant, credible penalty system sends
appropriate signals to the regulated community, which
responds by lowering pollution emissions. 2) The public
disclosure of environmental performance creates strong
additional incentives to control pollution. |
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Foulon, Jérôme Lanoie, Paul Laplante, Benoît |
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Foulon, Jérôme Lanoie, Paul Laplante, Benoît |
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Foulon, Jérôme |
| title |
Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure |
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Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure |
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Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure |
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Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure |
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Incentives for Pollution Control : Regulation and Public Disclosure |
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incentives for pollution control : regulation and public disclosure |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/02/438330/incentives-pollution-control-regulation-public-disclosure http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22332 |
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