Estimating Sectoral and Geographical Industrial Pollution Inventories in India: Implications for Using Effluent Charge Versus Regulation

Pandey, Rita

doi:10.1080/0022038042000276563

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“…The environmental expense (EE) of a firm may depend on its efficiency level (Murty and Kumar, 2004;Pandey, 2005). In addition, the export orientation of a firm could play a key role in determining its EE, given the fact that export-oriented firms might feel greater incentive for upgrading their technology level (Maskus and Wilson, 2001).…”

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Environmental Compliance of Indian Leather Firms in the Post-WTO Period

Chakraborty¹

2012

Foreign Trade Review

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India is one of the major exporters of leather products. However, the exporting firms need to conform to a number of environment-related compliance requirements in foreign markets, which function as a major barrier. For instance, the introduction of the German ban on import of leather products with traces of PCP and azo dyes in late nineties has been followed by similar product and process related standards in other developed countries like the US. The outward-orientation of Indian leather sector firms has gone up over the years, accompanied by rising degree of environmental compliance for exporting units. The objective of the current paper is to analyze the determinants of environmental expense of leather firms in India in the period following the imposition of the stringent environmental standard through an empirical model. The findings underline the reverse relationship between environmental compliance and export orientation, but positive relationship with firm size and ownership structure. The result indicates that smaller players may encounter problems in undertaking of the compliance expenditures, which requires policy intervention. JEL Classifications: L67, F18

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Section: (A) Empirical Modelmentioning

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Environmental Compliance of Indian Leather Firms in the Post-WTO Period

Chakraborty¹

2012

Foreign Trade Review

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“…In the literature on regulatory economics, numerous studies compare the efficacy of command and control approaches to more market-oriented mechanisms for water (Hanley & Moffat, 1993;Pandey, 2005) as well as air pollution control (Krupnick, 1986;Krupnick, Oates & Van de Verg, 1983;McGartland & Oates, 1985). Generally, such market-oriented mechanisms include instruments like taxes, permits and emission charges, which create an incentive for polluters to reduce pollution in lieu of paying penalties.…”

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Taxing the Pollution

Edirisinghe¹

2014

Journal of South Asian Development

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Most firms that process rubber in Sri Lanka do not comply with national water pollution control standards. The present command and control system fails in the face of a slow enforcement process, and also because of the nature of 'older' production units, many of which date back to colonial times. This study seeks to estimate a pollution tax that could motivate firms to meet these standards. I use data from 62 rubber-producing firms in Sri Lanka over three years to estimate a marginal cost function for pollution abatement. I then estimate the taxes that would bring firms into compliance. The tax rate necessary for environmental compliance is 26 Sri Lankan rupees per 100 grams (in 2005 values) of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) per year. While the burden of this pollution tax on the average firm would be equivalent to 8.6 per cent of annual turnover, it varies with the size of the firm, which may have adverse consequences for small firms through closures or layoff of workers. I suggest that the use of this economic instrument might motivate the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) to monitor effluents more carefully and firms to make economic use of effluents.

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“…The economic situations have drasctically changed as well as scientific developments have been escalating rapidly since the beginning of the 21 st century. The world is facing environmental challenges, threats of resource and energy crisis, climate change, and environmental pollution (Pandey, 2005). Currently, the accomplishment of Sustainable Development (SD) goals cannot be ensured due to the environmental restrictions and paucity of resources.…”

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Motivations for Implementing Cleaner Production Principles: A Case Study of Saudi Plastic Manufacturers

Abdulghaffar¹,

Baatiyah²

2018

JSD

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The rapid economic, cultural and industrial development, and population growth in Saudi Arabia has created environmental challenges, threat of energy, resource crisis, and climate change. One of the contributing factors is the increasing number of manufacturers and lack of green practices. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the aspects that influence implementation of Cleaner Production Principles by Saudi Plastic Manufacturers. A conceptual model that was based on technological, environmental, and organizational theory was used to present the primary motivating factors of manufacturers in Jeddah for pollution reduction and also to the achievement of sustainable development goals according to Saudi Vision 2030. The research model provides motivations for the environmental and economic consequence of Cleaner Production Principles Implementation. This work is grounded in hypothesis; such as, regulatory and customer pressures having a positive influence on the implementation of CP principles in the Saudi plastic manufacturer industries. A questionnaire on the implementation of CP principles was provided to the manufacturers. 127 samples were analyzed through SPSS to investigate the relationship between the independent (CP Principles implementation) and dependent variables (motivational factors for implementation). The results have indicated that Regulatory Pressure and Customer Pressure has significant positive influences on the implementation of CP Principles for Saudi manufacturers. The quality of HR, SM support, governmental support, and environmental uncertainty have significant negative influences on the implementation of CP principles. The lack of previous research about CP implementation in KSA will make the results of this research beneficial for future researchers and practitioners.

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Estimating Sectoral and Geographical Industrial Pollution Inventories in India: Implications for Using Effluent Charge Versus Regulation

Cited by 25 publications

References 7 publications

Environmental Compliance of Indian Leather Firms in the Post-WTO Period

Environmental Compliance of Indian Leather Firms in the Post-WTO Period

Taxing the Pollution

Motivations for Implementing Cleaner Production Principles: A Case Study of Saudi Plastic Manufacturers

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