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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Voluntary Environmental Action and Export Destinations: The Case of Forest Certification
Autores: | Moeltner,   Klaus; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Data: | 2006-09-22
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Export markets; Forest certification; Profit maximization; Discrete choice models; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Resumo: | There is an increasing tendency for forest product firms worldwide to adopt sound environmental management practices by voluntarily agreeing to have their forest practices certified by third parties. Using a simple model of profit maximization, we illustrate that the puzzling emergence of this non-state, self-imposed governance structure is compatible with firms' profit motives. An empirical model using firm data from three countries shows firm location and export destinations play a key role in firms' decisions to seek certification, while the nature of forestland ownership has no significant impact on certification decisions.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

23767

http://purl.umn.edu/31100

Editor: | AgEcon Search
Relação: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics&gt;Volume 28, Number 02, August 2003

Formato:

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