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European Review of Agricultural Economics Advance Access originally published online on May 22, 2007
European Review of Agricultural Economics 2007 34(2):233-255; doi:10.1093/erae/jbm012
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What drives agrifood firms to register for an Environmental Management System?

Gilles Grolleau1, Naoufel Mzoughi2, and Alban Thomas3

1 Montpellier SupAgro (Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques), France
2 INRA, Avignon, France
3 INRA and Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France

Corresponding author: Naoufel Mzoughi, Ecodéveloppement, INRA Domaine Saint-Paul Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France. E-mail: nmzoughi{at}avignon.inra.fr

Received May 2006; Revision received March 2007. This paper examines empirically which factors determine voluntary adoption of Environmental Management System (EMS) certification (ISO 14001 or EMAS) by agrifood industries. A discrete-choice model of EMS certification is applied to a sample of 1,000 French agrifood firms. The findings suggest that management-related factors drive certification more strongly than economic incentives and provides a new perspective on Porter's theory of the double benefit of certification.

Keywords: agrifood industries, EMAS, ISO 14001 certification, voluntary instruments

JEL classification: L15, l59, Q13


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