TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Caporale, Guglielmo Maria
AU  - Rault, Christophe
AU  - Sova, Anamaria
AU  - Sova, Robert
        TI  - Determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure: Evidence from Romania
        PY  - 2008/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3787
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3787
        AB  - The aim of the present study is to shed some light on the factors affecting Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) in the context of a transition economy such as Romania, in contrast to the existing literature which mostly focuses on developed economies. Specifically, we use survey data of the Romanian National Institute of Statistics and estimate Multilevel Regression Model (MRM) to investigate the determinants of environmental behaviour at plant level. Our results reveal some important differences vis-à-vis the developed countries, such as a less significant role for collective action and environmental taxes, which suggests some possible policy changes to achieve better environmental outcomes.
        KW  - Multilevel Regression Model (MRM)
KW  - pollution abatement and control expenditure
KW  - transition economy
        ER  -