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Stakeholder scrutiny, urban bias, and the private provision of public goods.
- Source :
- Business & Politics; Jun2018, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p273-300, 28p, 2 Charts, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2018
-
Abstract
- While many scholars have studied “urban bias” in public policy, the potential for bias in the private provision of public goods has received little attention. Private certification is a mechanism encouraging private provision of environmental public goods. We show that within countries, there are often wide disparities in certification rates between firms located in urban and non-urban areas. However, these disparities can be mitigated if there is a countervailing force: scrutiny of firms' practices by key stakeholders. We suggest that the presence of strong civil society, independent media, a functioning state regulatory apparatus, and multinational owners can ameliorate the urban bias in certification uptakes. We test this argument with global, firm-level data covering over 40,000 firms in ninety-three countries. Our analyses suggest that an urban bias is mitigated when stakeholders—both public and private—have the freedom and capacity to scrutinize firms' activities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14693569
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Business & Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128976197
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2017.33