Environmental Management Under Subnational Institutional Constraints

Shujun Ding (), Chunxin Jia (), Zhenyu Wu () and Wenlong Yuan ()
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Shujun Ding: University of Ottawa
Chunxin Jia: Peking University
Zhenyu Wu: University of Manitoba
Wenlong Yuan: University of Lethbridge

Journal of Business Ethics, 2016, vol. 134, issue 4, No 8, 648 pages

Abstract: Abstract This study uses the institutional perspective to examine the interaction effects between the subnational institutional context and firm-level parameters on corporate environmental behaviors, based on a unique cross-sectional data set of private firms compiled from three different sources in China. Our results suggest that both enforcement stringency of environmental regulations at the provincial-level and private firms’ foreign ownership negatively affect compensation fees, which are levies charged for firms’ emissions. Enforcement stringency also moderates the firm-level relationship between foreign ownership and compensation fees, but such a cross-level moderating effect holds only for private firms with non-HMT (Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan) investments.

Keywords: Foreign ownership; Environmental management; Institutional constraints; Private firms; Subnational (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2388-0

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