Calendrier du 09 mars 2016
Development Economics Seminar
Du 09/03/2016 de 17:00 à 18:30
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment G, Rez de chaussée, Salle 8
FOSTER Andrew (Brown University)
Direct and Indirect Effects of Voluntary Certification: Evidence from the Mexican Clean Industry Program Draft (February 2016)
écrit avec Emilio Gutierrez (ITAM)
We develop and test a model of environmental regulation that integrates firm and regulator
behavior to evaluate a voluntary certification program : the Mexican Clean Industry Program.
Imposing structure on the costs of participation and compliance we first establish that plants with
lower compliance costs are more likely to certify. Then, we show that because authorities seem
to use certification as a screening device, the program leads to higher levels and more efficient
targeting of inspections. Using remotely sensed estimates of local air quality we find evidence
that is consistent with the model and suggests that the Clean Industry Program had little impact
on emissions of firms that certified but reduced emissions overall as a result of the regulatory
response that certification made possible.
Economic History Seminar
Du 09/03/2016 de 12:30 à 14:00
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment G, Rez de chaussée, Salle 8
CARLO TAVIANI (University of Cape Town)
A Genealogy of the Global Corporations? The Casa di San Giorgio and the Fortune of its Model. *