Environmental performance and practice across sectors: methodology and preliminary results |
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Authors: | Don Goldstein Rachel Hilliard Valerie Parker |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, USA;2. Centre for Innovation & Structural Change, NUI Galway, Ireland;1. University of Kansas, Department of Economics, 436 Snow Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States;2. American University in Bulgaria, 1 Georgi Izmirliev Square, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria |
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Abstract: | This paper introduces a new methodology for measuring and modeling manufacturers’ environmental performance and the managerial and technological practices that affect it. Facility level licensing data are used to develop indicators based on sector-specific criteria but capable of being analyzed across sectors, at various levels of aggregation. This addresses the problem that environmental performance and determinants tend to be highly context-specific, while modeling and policy interests are often more general. Using Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) information generated EU-wide, this approach should be capable of cross-country extension. The methodology is tested on a sample of Irish facilities in three sectors during 1996–2004. Preliminary results show its usefulness in exploring the determinants of environmental performance at the sector and cross sector levels. Word count = 10,049. |
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