Did the EPA's voluntary industrial toxics program reduce emissions? A GIS analysis of distributional impacts and by-media analysis of substitution

Gamper‐Rabindran, Shanti

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2005.12.001

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“…Recent studies (e.g., Gamper-Rabindran, 2006;Vidovic and Khanna, 2007) report rather insignificant effects of the participation in 33/50 and thus contradict former analyses such as Khanna and Damon (1999) which show positive impacts. In contrast, the effect of ISO 14001 certification seems to be positive (e.g., Potoski and Prakash, 2005a,b;Arimura et al, 2008), at least more positive than the adoption of other VEP (see, e.g., the meta-analysis of Darnall and Sides, 2008), particularly regarding early adoption of and longer experience with ISO 14001 (e.g., Russo, 2008, in his one-stage panel data analysis).…”

Section: Empirical Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…The determinants of the adoption of VEP or EMP are furthermore also considered in the first stage of two-stage econometric analyses (or, alternatively, within multivariate approaches) which consider (in the second stage) the effect of the adoption of public VEP such as 33/50 (e.g., Gamper-Rabindran, 2006), of business-led initiatives such as the Responsible Care Program (e.g., King and Lenox, 2000) and especially ISO 14001 (e.g., Potoski and Prakash, 2005a,b;Arimura et al, 2008), or of the count of single EMP (e.g., Dasgupta et al, 2000) on corporate environmental performance. Some studies such as Khanna and Damon (1999) and Vidovic and Khanna (2007) Concerning the impact on environmental performance, the results are also ambiguous.…”

Section: Empirical Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental management systems and technological environmental innovations: Exploring the causal relationship

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“…Perhaps not surprisingly given EPA's initial outreach to businesses with the largest volumes of toxic releases, 33/50 participants tended overall to be large, profitable businesses with large emissions (Arora & Cason 1995, Gamper-Rabindran 2006. They also tended to market their products directly to consumers, have large advertising and R&D budgets (Arora & Cason 1996), and be publicly traded (Gamper-Rabindran 2006 In addition, TRI data themselves raise questions.…”

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Government Clubs: Theory and Evidence from Voluntary Environmental Programs

Coglianese¹,

Nash

2009

Voluntary Programs

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“…Gamper-Rabindran (2006), Vidovic and Khanna (2006), and Brouhle et al (2008) find a lack of improvement in environmental outcomes for the programs they study (33/50,33/50,and Strategic Goals Program for Metal Finishers,respectively).…”

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Evaluating Voluntary Measures with Treatment Spillovers: The Case of Coal Combustion Products Partnership

Lange¹

2009

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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Voluntary measures are an increasing part of the environmental policy portfolio in most of the world. The economics literature on voluntary measures has found mixed evidence of their effect on environmental outcomes, controlling for the behavior of those who are not affiliated with the measure (non-partners) and trends leading up to the policy initiation. Traditionally, a voluntary measure would be labeled a success if the measure's partners statistically improved their environmental outcome compared to non-partners, once the measure was initiated. However, that type of evaluation assumes that voluntary measures provide the treatment exclusively to partners. In practice, for many reasons, the treatment provided to partners may also spillover to affect the behavior of non-partners. In voluntary programs, information on the reuse of an input can spread from partner firms to non-partner firms. If the researcher does not account for these treatment spillovers in the evaluation, it is possible for successful measures to be found unsuccessful.It is argued below that an alternative interpretation of a successful voluntary measure is needed, especially for those that involve treatment spillovers. Conditions under which a voluntary measure with treatment spillovers would be considered successful are discussed and then tested using the Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2). The purpose of this voluntary program in the U.S. is to increase the reuse, as opposed to disposal, of coal combustion products (CCP). A difference-in-difference estimator finds that C2P2 partners are not statistically different from non-partners in their reuse rates, though the total reuse of coal combustion products has statistically increased over time. Further, non-partners located in states with more C2P2 partners statistically increase their reuse rate more than those in states with few C2P2 partners. The evidence is consistent with conditions needed for a program to be successful in reducing overall the disposal of CCP by partners and non-partners.

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Did the EPA's voluntary industrial toxics program reduce emissions? A GIS analysis of distributional impacts and by-media analysis of substitution

Cited by 165 publications

References 14 publications

Environmental management systems and technological environmental innovations: Exploring the causal relationship

Environmental management systems and technological environmental innovations: Exploring the causal relationship

Government Clubs: Theory and Evidence from Voluntary Environmental Programs

Evaluating Voluntary Measures with Treatment Spillovers: The Case of Coal Combustion Products Partnership

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