 Common ownership and environmental Corporate Social ResponsibilityKosuke Hirose and Toshihiro Matsumura Energy Economics, 2022, vol. 114, issue C Abstract: This study theoretically examines the effect of common ownership on emission levels when firms can use environmental CSR as a commitment device to soften competition. Specifically, we investigate how common ownership (or the extent of cooperation in an industry) affects firms’ voluntary commitment to emission restrictions and emissions abatement activities in an oligopoly. The results show that common ownership reduces emissions by reducing output and may stimulate emissions abatement activities if the degree of common ownership is small. However, significant common ownership always reduces emissions abatement activities. Additionally, common ownership may or may not improve welfare, depending on the implicit carbon cost. Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Anticompetitive effect; Voluntary emissions cap; Emissions abatement; Common ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:eneeco:v:114:y:2022:i:c:s014098832200398x DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106269 Access Statistics for this article Energy Economics is currently edited by R. S. J. Tol, Beng Ang, Lance Bachmeier, Perry Sadorsky, Ugur Soytas and J. P. Weyant More articles in Energy Economics from Elsevier |
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