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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 310-335Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.2000.1161
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It is said that firms in developing countries do not have incentives to invest in pollution control because of weak implementation of environmental regulations. This argument assumes that the regulator is the only agent that can create incentives for pollution control, and ignores that capital markets, if properly informed, may provide the appropriate financial and reputational incentives. We show that capital markets in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and the Philippines do react to announcements of environmental events, such as those of superior environmental performance or citizens' complaints. A policy implication is that environmental regulators in developing countries may explicitly harness those market forces by introducing structured programs of information release pertaining to firms' environmental performance: public disclosure mechanisms in developing countries may he a useful model to consider given limited government enforcement resources. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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