The EU ETS and corporate environmental abatement
2016; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 24; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/13504851.2016.1189504
ISSN1466-4291
AutoresRoel Brouwers, Frederiek Schoubben, Cynthia Van Hulle,
Tópico(s)Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
ResumoThis article studies the relationship between firm-level emissions-to-cap ratio (ETC) and environmental abatement, by using a unique and extensive data set of 10 762 installations covered by the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) matched to 5931 firms. We find that a shortage of emissions allowances is related to more abatement in later years while a surplus of emissions allowances results in worse subsequent environmental performance. This finding underscores the importance of reducing the global amount of allowances in the ETS system. Our results also suggest that stakeholder pressure and the creation of transparency concerning corporate environmental performance are likely to support the effectiveness of the system.
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