Does Tourism Eco-Certification Pay? Costa Rica's Blue Flag Program

被引：55
作者：
Blackman, Allen [1 ,2 ]
Angelica Naranjo, Maria [2 ]
Robalino, Juan [2 ]
Alpizar, Francisco [2 ]
Rivera, Jorge [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Resources Future Inc, Washington, DC 20036 USA
[2] Ctr Agron Trop Invest & Ensenanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
[3] George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052 USA
来源：
WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2014年 / 58卷
关键词：
Costa Rica; eco-certification; propensity score matching; tourism; CORPORATE SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY; POLLUTION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.12.002
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
According to advocates, eco-certification can stem environmental damages from tourism in developing countries. Yet we know little about tourism operators' economic incentives to get certified. To help fill that gap, we use detailed panel data to analyze the Blue Flag beach certification program in Costa Rica where nature-based tourism has caused significant environmental damage. We use new hotel investment to proxy for private benefits, and fixed effects and propensity score matching to control for self-selection bias. We find that Blue Flag certification spurs significant new hotel investment, particularly in luxury hotels and in economically advantaged communities. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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