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Pollution control in a transition economy: do firms face economies and/or diseconomies of scale?
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SYSNO ASEP 0342777 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Pollution control in a transition economy: do firms face economies and/or diseconomies of scale? Author(s) Earnhart, D. (US)
Lízal, Lubomír (NHU-C) RIDSource Title CERGE-EI Working Paper Series - ISSN 1211-3298
-, č. 405 (2010), s. 1-42Number of pages 42 s. Publication form www - www Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Czech Republic ; environmental protection ; pollution ; production Subject RIV AH - Economics R&D Projects LC542 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) CEZ MSM0021620846 - NHU-C Annotation We empirically assess whether firms face economies and/or diseconomies of scale with respect to air pollution control by evaluating the effects of production on firmlevel air emission levels using a panel of Czech firms during the country’s transitional period of 1993 to 1998. By estimating a separate set of production-related coefficients for each individual sector, the analysis permits economies/diseconomies of scale to differ across sectors. More important, the analysis allows these scale effects to vary over time, which seems critical in the context of a transition economy, as the Czech government was tightening air protection polices by imposing more stringent emission limits and escalating emission charge rates. To assess whether these tighter policies expanded economies of scale, the analysis controls for heterogeneity across individual firms by examining intrafirm variation in emissions and production. Workplace Economics Institute - CERGE Contact Tomáš Pavela, pavela@cerge-ei.cz, Tel.: 224 005 122 Year of Publishing 2011
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