An Econometric Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Program by Provincial Governments—A Quantitative Analysis of the Manufacturing Sector—

• YAJIMA Naonari

  School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

• ARIMURA Toshi H.

  Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University Research Institute for Environmental Economics and Management, Waseda University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 都道府県による温室効果ガス排出削減計画書制度の計量分析—製造業部門の定量評価—

Abstract

Recently, Japanese local governments have promoted climate policies. Notably, numerous provincial governments have adopted “Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reduction Program (ERP)”. ERP requires facilities with a certain amount of GHG emission or more to make a plan to reduce GHG emission. Moreover, ERP mandates such facilities to report their GHG emissions annually. ERP, however, lacks of penalty for facilities failing to reduce GHG emissions. Thus, some criticize ERP due to the lack of the enforcement mechanism. This study empirically examines whether the introduction of ERP reduces GHG emission. Specifically, we collected GHG emission from 1990 to 2013 at provincial level together with the timing of ERP adoption for each provincial government. We conducted a panel data analysis and found that GHG emission per worker was reduced from 8 to 10 percent in the manufacturing sector. The estimation results hinted that ERP is effective in reducing GHG emissions in the manufacturing sector.

Journal

• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 30 (2), 121-130, 2017

  SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, JAPAN

Keywords

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Emission Reduction Program
• provincial governments
• manufacturing sector
• econometric analysis

Details

• CRID: 1390001204424434944
• NII Article ID: 130005519628
• DOI: 10.11353/sesj.30.121
• ISSN: 18845029
• ISSN: 09150048
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed