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Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe

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  • Randall Bluffstone

    (Department of Economics, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA.)

  • Thomas Sterner

    (Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 640, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden.)

Abstract

The paper analyses the adoption of various environmental management systems (EMSs) by industrial firms in Central and Eastern Europe approximately 8 years after economic transitions began. Of special interest are the effects of privatisation, export orientation, public pressure and environmental regulation on adoption. Using logit regression models, it is found that several transition and environmental regulatory factors spur EMS adoption. Better environmental regulatory systems and anticipation of more stringent future regulation appear to encourage EMS. Public information regarding firms' pollution emissions, foreign direct investment and export dependency also appear to be important, but there is no evidence that firm ownership is related to EMS adoption. Comparative Economic Studies (2006) 48, 619–640. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100184

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  • Randall Bluffstone & Thomas Sterner, 2006. "Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 48(4), pages 619-640, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:48:y:2006:i:4:p:619-640
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    1. Jorge H. García & Randy Bluffstone & Thomas Sterner, 2009. "Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, vol. 59(5), pages 410-425, December.
    2. Earnhart, Dietrich & Mark Leonard, J., 2016. "Environmental audits and signaling: The role of firm organizational structure," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 1-22.

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