The U.S. 33/50 voluntary program its design and effectiveness

Reality Check: The Nature and Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 15-42

  Khanna, Madhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250722908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331123     Document Type: Chapter

References (26)

1. Arora , S. , and T. N. Cason . 1995. An Experiment in Voluntary Environmental Regulation: Participation in EPA's 33/50 Program. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 28: 271-286.
2. Arora , S. , and T. N. Cason . 1996. Why Do Firms Volunteer to Exceed Environmental Regulations? Understanding Participation in EPA's 33/50 Program. Land Economics 72: 413-432.
3. BNA (Bureau of National Affairs). 1994. EPA 33/50 Pollution Prevention Program Labeled "Sham" by Environmental Groups. BNA National Environment Daily, June 3.
4. Celdran , A. , H. Clark , J. Hecht , E. Kanamaru , P. Orantes , and M. Santaello Garguno . 1996. The Participation Decision in a Voluntary Pollution Prevention Program: The U.S. EPA 33/50 Program as a Case Study. In Developing the Next Generation of the U.S. EPA's 33/50 Program: A Pollution Prevention Research Project, edited by H. Clark . Durham, NC: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University.
5. Citizen Fund. 1994. Pollution Prevention or Public Relations? Washington, DC: Citizen Fund.
6. Gamper-Rabindran , Sharti . 2006. Did the EPA's Voluntary Industrial Toxics Program Reduce Emissions? A GIS Analysis of Distributional Impacts and a By-Media Analysis of Substitution. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 52(1): 391-418.
7. GAO (United States General Accounting Office). 1994. Toxic Substances: EPA Needs More Reliable Source Reduction Data and Progress Measures. GAO/RCED-94-93.
8. Hart , S. 1995. A Natural Resource-Based View of the Firm. Academy of Management Review 20: 985-1014.
9. Hopkins , L. , and D.T. Allen . 1994/1995. Voluntary P2 Initiatives: Industry Responds to EPA's 33/50 Program. Pollution Prevention Review Winter.
10. INFORM. 1995. Toxics Watch 1995. New York: INFORM.
11. Khanna , M. , and L. Damon . 1999. EPA's Voluntary 33/50 Program: Impact on Toxic Releases and Economic Performance of Firms. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 37(1): 1-25.
12. Kirschner , E.M. 1995. Industry Sees Maturation, Contradiction in EPA's Quarter-Century History. Chemical and Engineering News, October 30.
13. Maxwell , J.W. , T P. Lyon , and S.C. Hackett . 2000. Self-regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism. Journal of Law & Economics XLIII (2): 583-618.
14. New York Times. 1991. The Nation's Polluters-Who Emits, What and Where. October 13, p. F10.
15. Popoff , F.P. 1992. Going Beyond Pollution Prevention. The Conference Board, Championing the Global Environment, p. 17.
16. Porter , M.E. , and C. van der Linde . 1995. Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship. Journal of Economic Perspectives 9: 97-118.
17. Prakash , A. 2000. Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
18. Reinhardt , F. 1999. Market Failure and the Environmental Policies of Firms. Journal of Industrial Ecology 3(1).
19. Sam , A.G. , and R. Innes . 2005. Voluntary Pollution Reductions and the Enforcement of Environmental Law: An Empirical Study of the 33/50 Program, manuscript, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona, Tucson.
20. U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). 1990. Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection. Washington, DC: U.S. EPA.
21. U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). 1992. EPA's 33/50 Program Second Progress Update. Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (TS-792A). Washington, DC: U.S. EPA.
22. U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). 1994. EPA's 33/50 Program Fifth Progress Update. Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7408). Washington, DC: U.S. EPA.
23. U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). 1999. 33/50 Program: The Final Record. EPA-745-R-99-004, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7408). Washington, DC: U.S. EPA.
24. U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). 2000. Taking Toxics Out of the Air. EPA-452/K-00-002. Research Triangle Park, NC: U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality, Planning and Standards.
25. Videras , J. , and A. Alberini . 2000. The Appeal of Voluntary Environmental Programs: Which Firms Participate and Why? Contemporary Economic Policy 18(4): 449-461.
26. Zanetti , R. 1995. A Voluntary Cleanup Program that Works. Chemical Engineering, August, p. 5.