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Self-Regulation by Associations: Collective Action Problems in European Environmental Regulation

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  • Adrienne HERITIER
  • Sandra ECKERT

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How and to what effect do firms coordinate their actions in order to deal with the negative external effects of productive activity? Under which conditions do firm associations engage in environmental self-regulation and what kind of governance devices do they develop in order to tackle the specific regulatory challenges at stake? Is the 'shadow of hierarchy', the credible threat of legislation, executive intervention or court rulings, a necessary condition for associative action to emerge? Or is it only necessary if a redistributive problem is at stake? These are the questions discussed in this article. We will first develop the theoretical argument based on economic institutionalism, derive hypotheses and then submit the propositions to a first empirical assessment of associative self-regulation on waste recycling in the plastic and paper industry.

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  • Adrienne HERITIER & Sandra ECKERT, 2008. "Self-Regulation by Associations: Collective Action Problems in European Environmental Regulation," RSCAS Working Papers 2008/26, European University Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:rsc:rsceui:2008/26
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    1. Cong, Rong-Gang & Thomsen, Marianne, 2021. "Review of ecosystem services in a bio-based circular economy and governance mechanisms," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).

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    governance; self-regulation; shadow of hierarchy; transaction cost theory.;
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