The marginal productivity of water used for industry varies among sectors in China, but there is great potential for the Chinese government to save water by raising water prices to industry. One of the main reasons for noncompliant firms' poor environmental performance is the information gap on Mexico's environmental policy. Pollution control could be improved through systematically fuller communication targeted to noncompliant firms. Research Topic Briefings Guides to the primary research themes of the Economics of Industrial Pollution Control Research Project. How public information and informal regulation can modify polluting behavior.
Public information is one strategy for increasing community influence.
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