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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Voluntary Environmental Action and Export Destinations: The Case of Forest Certification
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| Autores: |
Moeltner, Klaus
van Kooten, G. Cornelis
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| Data: |
2006-09-22
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| Ano: |
2003
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| Palavras-chave: |
Export markets
Forest certification
Profit maximization
Discrete choice models
Environmental Economics and Policy
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
23767
http://purl.umn.edu/31100
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 28, Number 02, August 2003
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| Formato: |
14
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