caa a22 4500 445855185 CHVBK 20190125091110.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10640-011-9465-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10640-011-9465-y Does Disclosure Reduce Pollution? Evidence from India's Green Rating Project [Elektronische Daten] [Nicholas Powers, Allen Blackman, Thomas Lyon, Urvashi Narain] Public disclosure programs that collect and disseminate information about firms' environmental performance are increasingly popular in both developed and developing countries. Yet little is known about whether they actually improve environmental performance, particularly in the latter setting. We use detailed plant-level survey data to evaluate the impact of India's Green Rating Project (GRP) on the environmental performance of the country's largest pulp and paper plants. We find that the GRP drove significant reductions in pollution loadings among dirty plants but not among cleaner ones. This result comports with statistical and anecdotal evaluations of similar disclosure programs. We also find that plants located in wealthier communities were more responsive to GRP ratings, as were single-plant firms. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Public disclosure nationallicence Pollution control nationallicence India nationallicence Pulp and paper nationallicence Powers Nicholas The Brattle Group, 1850 M St. NW, 20010, Washington, DC, USA aut Blackman Allen Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA aut Lyon Thomas University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Narain Urvashi The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA aut Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 50/1(2011-09-01), 131-155 0924-6460 50:1<131 2011 50 10640 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-011-9465-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-011-9465-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Powers Nicholas The Brattle Group, 1850 M St. NW, 20010, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Blackman Allen Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lyon Thomas University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Narain Urvashi The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 50/1(2011-09-01), 131-155 0924-6460 50:1<131 2011 50 10640 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 445855185 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer