TY - JOUR
T1 - The pollution release and transfer register system in the U.S. and Japan
T2 - An analysis of productivity
AU - Fujii, Hidemichi
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
AU - Kawahara, Hiromitsu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank two anonymous referees for helpful comments. This research was funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) ,and Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows . The results and conclusions of this paper do not necessary represent the views of the funding agencies.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This study analyzes Total Factor Productivity (TFP), which includes all categories of productivity. Our measure investigates productivity in the context of the provision and dissemination of environmental information policies. We investigated data on the emission of toxic chemical substances for the U.S. and Japanese manufacturing firms, including 386 firms for the period 1999-2007 and 466 firms for the period 2001-2008. The results show that productivity improved in all nine industrial sectors and that pollution levels were high in the U.S. and Japan from 2001 to 2007. In particular, the electronics industry improved rapidly after 2002 in both countries, which may be attributed to the enforcement of RoHS and the REACH directive in Europe. As a result of these stringent policies on toxic chemical emissions, the U.S. and Japanese firms, many of which export to the European market, have strong incentives to reduce their toxic chemical emissions.
AB - This study analyzes Total Factor Productivity (TFP), which includes all categories of productivity. Our measure investigates productivity in the context of the provision and dissemination of environmental information policies. We investigated data on the emission of toxic chemical substances for the U.S. and Japanese manufacturing firms, including 386 firms for the period 1999-2007 and 466 firms for the period 2001-2008. The results show that productivity improved in all nine industrial sectors and that pollution levels were high in the U.S. and Japan from 2001 to 2007. In particular, the electronics industry improved rapidly after 2002 in both countries, which may be attributed to the enforcement of RoHS and the REACH directive in Europe. As a result of these stringent policies on toxic chemical emissions, the U.S. and Japanese firms, many of which export to the European market, have strong incentives to reduce their toxic chemical emissions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958176418
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 19
SP - 1330
EP - 1338
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
IS - 12
ER -
