| Main Title |
Clean technological change in developing-country industrial clusters Mexican leather tanning / [electronic resource] : |
| Author |
Blackman, Allen.
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| Publisher |
Resources for the Future, |
| Place Published |
Washington, D.C. |
| Year Published |
2003 |
| OCLC Number |
316861628 |
| Subject Added Ent |
Leather industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Mexico--Leâon (Guanajuato);
Tanning--Environmental aspects--Mexico--Leâon (Guanajuato);
Small business--Mexico--Leâon (Guanajuato)--Management.;
Green technology--Economic aspects--Mexico--Leâon (Guanajuato);
Environmental policy--Economic aspects--Mexico--Leâon (Guanajuato)
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Additional Info |
Location |
Date Modified |
| EJBM |
POD |
Internet only |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/30/2009 |
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| Collation |
[27] p. : digital, PDF file. |
| Notes |
"April 2003." Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23). |
| Contents Notes |
In many cities in developing countries, clusters of small and medium enterprises create severe pollution problems. Because conventional regulatory approaches are typically ineffective in such situations, policy responses have increasingly focused on promoting voluntary clean technological change. Yet the data and analysis needed to guide such efforts are scarce. This paper uses original firm level survey data on a cluster of small- and medium-scale leather tanneries in Leon, Guanajuato--Mexico's leather capital--to econometrically identify the factors that drive the adoption of three clean tanning technologies. Using a multivariate probit model to estimate a system of seemingly unrelated regressions, we fin--in contrast to conventional wisdom--that neither firm size nor regulatory pressure is correlated with adoption. Rather, the drivers of adoption are the firm's human capital and stock of technical information, the same factors that explain conventional productivity-enhancing technological change. We also find that private-sector trade associations and input suppliers are important sources of technical information about clean technologies. |
| Access Notes |
Mode of access: Internet.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.; Title from title screen (viewed on March 24, 2009). |
| Author Added Ent |
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| Corporate Au Added Ent |
Resources for the Future. |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Discussion paper (Resources for the Future) ; 03-12. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2003 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Discussion paper ; 03-12 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
electronic resource |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20090324120851 |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02927nam 2200433Ia 45020 |
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