scholarly journals How Do Environmental Subsidies Affect The Environmental Performance of Heavy Polluting Enterprises：Evidence From China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feimei Liao ◽  
Songqin Ye
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Promoting Effect ◽  
Incentive Effect ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
Environmental Subsidies ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Taking 257 heavily polluted A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2010 to 2017 as research samples, this paper investigates the impact effect and mechanism of environmental subsidies on enterprise environmental performance. The study found that environmental subsidies have a positive incentive effect on the environmental performance of heavy polluting enterprises, and its positive incentive effect mainly plays a role through three channels: promoting green technology innovation, increasing government environmental supervision and enhancing executives' environmental awareness. Further research shows that environmental subsidies have a more significant promoting effect on environmental performance in non-state-owned enterprises and enterprises with high degree of financing constraints and high level of risk taking. Based on the perspective of environmental benefits of micro enterprises, this paper not only provides direct evidence at the micro level for the implementation effect of government environmental subsidies, but also provides a reference basis for the government to improve the specific implementation path of environmental subsidies. At the same time, it also provides reference for the government to implement directional regulation and accurate implementation of policies according to the particularity of enterprises with different characteristics.

scholarly journals Corporate Environmental Performance in China: The Moderating Effects of the Media versus the Approach of Local Governments

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Zhiru Guo ◽  
Chao Lu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Corporate Environmental Performance ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This article selects the listed companies in China’s A-share heavy pollution industry from 2014 to 2018 as samples, uses a random effect model to empirically test the relationship between media attention and corporate environmental performance and examines the impacts of local government environmental protection and property nature on that relationship. Results are as follow: (1) Media attention can significantly affect a company’s environmental performance. The higher the media attention, the greater the company’s supervision and the better its environmental performance. (2) In areas where the government pays less attention to environmental protection, the impact of media on corporate environmental performance is more obvious, but in other areas, the impact of media on environmental performance cannot be reflected; (3) The media attention is very significant for the environmental performance improvement of state-owned enterprises, and it is not obvious in non-state-owned enterprises. (4) A further breakdown of the study found that the role of media attention in corporate environmental performance is only significant in the sample of local governments that have low environmental protection and are state-owned enterprises. This research incorporates the local government’s emphasis on environmental protection into the research field of vision, expands the research scope of media and corporate environmental performance, and also provides new clues and evidence for promoting the active fulfillment of environmental protection responsibilities by companies and local governments.

The Impact of the Nicaragua Case on Matters of Evidence and Fact-Finding

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
PAUL S. REICHLER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulp Mills ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Government ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
Day To Day Operations ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Nicaragua case demonstrates the Court's competence in receiving and interpreting evidence, and in making reasoned findings of fact, even in the most complicated evidentiary context, as is often presented in cases involving use of force and armed conflict. The Court applied well-established standards for evaluating the conflicting evidence presented to it. In particular, the Court determined that greater weight should be given to statements against interest made by high-level government officials than to a state's self-serving declarations. The Court also determined that statements by disinterested witnesses with first-hand knowledge should receive greater weight than mere statements of opinion or press reports. In applying these guidelines, the Court found, correctly, that (i) the United States had used military and paramilitary force against Nicaragua both directly and indirectly, by organizing, financing, arming, and training the Contra guerrillas to attack Nicaragua; (ii) the evidence did not support a finding that the United States exercised direct control over the Contras’ day-to-day operations; and (iii) there was no evidence that Nicaragua supplied arms to guerrillas fighting against the government of El Salvador during the relevant period, or carried out an armed attack against that state. While Judge Schwebel's dissent criticized the last of these findings, in fact, the evidence fully supported the Court's conclusion. In subsequent decisions during the past 25 years, the Court has continued to rely on the approach to evidence first elaborated in the Nicaragua case and has continued to demonstrate its competence as a finder of fact, including in cases involving armed conflict (Bosnia Genocide) and complex scientific and technical issues (Pulp Mills).

scholarly journals Implications of ownership identity and insider’s supremacy on the economic performance of the listed companies

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-411
Author(s):  
Qaiser Rafique Yasser ◽  
Abdullah Al-Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

We adopt a multi-theoretic approach to investigate a previously unexplored phenomenon in extant literature, namely the differential impact of ownership identity and director dominate shareholding on the performance of emerging market firms. The main research question addressed is, whether the impact of this relationship is conditional on the identity of the block investor. First, the relationship between overall block ownership and firm performance is tested by employing multiple regressions on 500 firm-year observations for the period from 2007 to 2011. Then, the block ownership is classified as the state, individuals, insiders, financial institutions, corporate and foreign investors and the influence of these identities on firm performance is examined. It was found that only the ownership categories such as the government, institutions and foreign ownership have positive influence on the firm performance. The results also indicate that high level of insider ownership also negatively associated with the firm performance. The main contribution of this paper is the examination of the relationship between block ownership and firm performance from the perspective of the identity of investors

scholarly journals Green technology innovation, media attention and enterprise performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 01049
Author(s):  
Mingming Liu ◽  
Hongjie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Promoting Effect ◽  
Impact Mechanism ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Intermediary Role ◽  
The Impact

This paper selects domestic A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2019 as the research sample, and makes an empirical analysis on the impact mechanism of green technology innovation and enterprise performance, as well as the intermediary role of media attention. It is found that green technology innovation has a significant promoting effect on enterprise performance, and green technology innovation also has a significant promoting effect on media attention, which plays a significant intermediary role between green technology innovation and enterprise performance.

scholarly journals TEKNOLOGI HIJAU: SOLUSI UNTUK PELESTARIAN SUMBER AIR

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nefilinda Nefilinda
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Treatment Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to determine how these green technologies is a solution to preserve water resources. The research method is literature. The results obtained are: climate change caused by global warming are already being felt its impact in people's lives. If no preventive efforts, the impact of global warming in the future is a very serious threat to the lives of all the creatures on earth. In the face of the impact of Global Warming necessary mitigation efforts and adaptation that involves the community, such as water resource conservation technology with plant biology (bio-park), domestic waste water treatment technology with ecological sanitation (Ecosan), flower garden waste water (waste water garden), sanitation garden (sanita) and the concept of green technology (green tecnology). Green technology is one of adaptation and mitigation of the impact of Global Warming which is in line with the principle of sustainable development (sustainable development). Various Green Technology in the field of preservation of water resources and wastewater treatment has been available to be applied in the construction. Suggestions in this study are: for the government to attempt to campaign for the use of green technology and for the community also can use green technology in order to minimize global warming ranging from the household.Keywords: green technology and conservation of water resources

Willingness to adopt e-procurement to reduce corruption

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjun Neupane ◽  
Jeffrey Soar ◽  
Kishor Vaidya ◽  
Jianming Yong
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variables ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Willingness To Adopt ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on research that evaluates the perceived willingness of potential bidders to adopt public e-procurement for the supply of goods and services to the government of Nepal. The authors have identified anti-corruption attributes through an extensive literature review and developed a theoretical model representing the impact of four latent variables, monopoly of power, information asymmetry, trust and transparency and accountability on the dependent variable, the intent-to-adopt e-procurement (ITA). Design/methodology/approach – Data for this research were obtained by the use of a questionnaire survey of bidders who were officially registered with the Government of Nepal. As part of the fieldwork for this research, the first author collected the perceptions of 220 bidders regarding the potential of public e-procurement to reduce corruption in public procurement processes. Findings – The findings suggest that a high level of the ITA has a positive and significant relationship with the independent variables that might inform the developed and emerging countries to make a decision to adoption of e-procurement to combat corruption in public procurement. Research limitations/implications – This study has some limitations that should be taken into consideration. The evaluation of anti-corruption factors, as they affect the willingness of users to adopt e-procurement on the bidder’s perception research model is relatively new to e-procurement research. A limitation of the research was that it gathered and analyzed data from a single country with a limited number of respondents. More research is needed to identify the anti-corruption factors of e-procurement in reducing corruption, and also need strong empirical test to valid the factors that influence the adoption of e-procurement. Originality/value – This study aimed to contribute to the academic scholar, government agencies and public procurement practitioner in enhancing their understanding of the perceived anti-corruption factors of public e-procurement to reduce corruption.

scholarly journals COVID-19 simulation study—the effect of strict non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on controlling the spread of COVID-19

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11172
Author(s):  
Amal Alzu’bi ◽  
Sanaa Abu Alasal ◽  
Khalid A. Kheirallah ◽  
Valerie Watzlaf
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Short Interval ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Hypothetical System ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions

Background From the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 infection has changed our lives in many aspects and introduced limitations in the way people interact and communicate. In this paper, we are evaluating the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in limiting the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 pandemic during a wedding ceremony from Irbid, Northern Jordan. Agent-based modeling was used in a real wedding event that occurred at the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in Jordan. Two infected nationals of Jordan, who arrived in Jordan about a week before the event, initiated the spread of the pandemic within the contact community. Methods In this work, a strict national NPI that the government implemented is developed by using an abstract model with certain characteristics similar to the Jordanian community. Thus, the Jordanian community is represented in terms of ages, occupations, and population movements. After that, the extent of the impact of the NPI measures on the local community is measured. Results We observed the deterioration of the state of society while the epidemic is spreading among individuals in the absence of preventive measures. Also, the results show that the herd immunity case was an epidemic, with a high level of spread among the community with 918 cases during a short interval of time. On the other hand, the preventive measures scenario shows a totally controlled spread with only 74 cases applied on the same interval of time. Furthermore, a convergence in the actual results of the real system with the hypothetical system were detected in the case of applying the strict NPI measures. Finally, strict NPI at the community level following social gatherings seem to be effective measures to control the spread of the COVID- 19 pandemic.

scholarly journals The Nexus between Misallocation of Land Resources and Green Technological Innovation: A Novel Investigation of Chinese Cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xincai Gao ◽  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Fayyaz Ahmad ◽  
Abbas Ali Chandio ◽  
Munir Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Production Factor ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Abstract As an important production factor, land resources significantly impact green technology innovation (GTI). However, the misallocation of land resources caused by the government's "second-hand" land supply strategy has become increasingly prominent, which will adversely affect GTI by affecting the allocation of innovative elements. Based on the research data of 252 cities in China from 2008 to 2017, this paper uses panel space measurement estimation and panel threshold estimation empirical methods to test the theoretical hypothesis of the impact of misallocation of land resources on GTI. The study finds that local or neighboring land resources' misallocation has a hindering effect on local GTI. Furthermore, the misallocation of land resources has a threshold effect on the impact of GTI. The relatively high level of local economic development and environmental regulation reduces the restraining effect of the misallocation of land resources on GTI, and vice versa. Therefore, local governments should optimize the allocation of innovative elements, accelerate the construction of an efficient and market-oriented green technology innovation system, reduce the excessive intervention in land resources, and enhance the vitality of innovation entities to improve the level of green technology innovation.

scholarly journals ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI KORUPSI DI KAWASAN ASIA PASIFIK

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Happy Febrina Hariyani ◽  
Dominicus Savio Priyarsono ◽  
Alla Asmara
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

The phenomenon of corruption is a big problem faced by countries with rapid economic development. The problem is not only faced by developing countries, but also in some developed countries. The factors that cause corruption classified into three broad categories--economic, political and socio-cultural. The high level of corruption in a country can also cause high cost economy that could hamper economic growth through the obstacles that occur in the investment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the level of corruption and to analyze the impact of corruption on economic growth in the Asia Pacific region. The results show that public budget, political stability, and urban population affect the level of corruption. Low institutional quality, indicated by the failure of the government (corruption), has a bad influence on economic growth performance.

scholarly journals Reclamation Planning on Mining Operations PT. Prima Timah Utama in Mapur Village, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imam Firdaus ◽  
Didik Susetyo ◽  
Restu Juniah
Keyword(s):  
Acacia Mangium ◽  
Production Operation ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Reclamation Plan ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Ideal

PT. Prima Timah Utama is one of the companies that received a Production Operation Mining Permit from the Bangka Regency Government in May 2014. The company has been carrying out mining activities since Mei 2014, with a maximum production level of 500,000 m3 of ore per year. This study made a field study of the impact of mining activities carried out by the company, looked at the success rate of reclamation, and calculated the ideal costs to improve environmental quality after mining activities. Reclamation planning for mining operations at PT. Prima Timah Utama is included in the type of non-experimental qualitative research conducted desktop study and field observations in the mining field. This research will analyze and make a reclamation plan based on the criteria of success of ex-mining land that is standard for sustainable mining. The results of the study show a lack of guarantee of the implementation of reclamation guaranteed by the Company to the government of ± 50% of ideal conditions. Based on the results of the study, the company will use plants that are able to have a high level of adaptation to critical environments. One type of plant chosen is Acacia mangium. The costs needed to carry out the ideal reclamation activities to improve the quality of the environment after mining are IDR 3,642,427,321.- or IDR 65,629,324.- / hectare

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