Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

8-2022

Abstract

This study examines the impact of immigrant populations on firm environmental performance. Leveraging a longitudinal dataset of more than 11,000 manufacturing facilities in the US in which I match the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) facility toxic emissions data with the location’s census immigration data, I document the negative impact of local immigrant populations on a facility’s environmental performance, which strengthens as heterogeneity among immigrant increases. I argue that this is because a more heterogeneous community is less cohesive and hence less capable of organizing effective pressures against pollution. Further, I show that because co-nationality links create unique bonds between the facility and local immigrants, the negative relationship declines as more immigrants originate from the same home country as a facility’s parent firm. These results are robust to the use of an instrumental variable approach and a wide variety of alternative specifications and subsamples. These findings suggest that local community pressures may be limited in driving better environmental outcomes.

Discipline

Organizational Behavior and Theory | Place and Environment | Strategic Management Policy

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Academy of Management Proceedings 2022

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Identifier

10.5465/AMBPP.2022.70

Publisher

Academy of Management

City or Country

Briarcliff Manor, NY

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.70

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