Hong, Jong HoLaplante, BenoitMeisner, Craig2014-05-012014-05-012003-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18132Since 1989, environmental authorities of the Republic of Korea have published on a monthly basis a list of enterprises violating the country's environmental rules and regulations. This may be the longest environmental public disclosure program currently in existence. Over the period 1993-2001 in excess of 7,000 violations have been recorded in these monthly violation lists, involving more than 3,400 different companies. In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive descriptive analysis of this dataset. Results suggest that the news media have given an important, though perhaps declining coverage, to the violation lists, with a focus on publicly traded companies, failures to operate pollution abatement equipment, and prosecutions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPUBLIC DISCLOSUREENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & PROTOCOLSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL LAW & LEGISLATIONLAW ENFORCEMENTVIOLATIONSPUBLIC AWARENESSPOLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONSPOLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ABATEMENTAIRAIR POLLUTIONAUTHORITYCAPITAL MARKETSCITIZENSCOALCONSTITUTIONCONSTRUCTIONCORPORATE GOVERNANCECORRUPTIONCOST FUNCTIONSDISCLOSUREDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATIONDISCRIMINATIONECOLOGICAL ECONOMICSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESEMISSION STANDARDSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS STANDARDSEMPLOYMENTENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIONENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISHINGFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFORESTRYGASGOVERNMENT ACTIONHEALTH CAREHOUSINGHUMAN RESOURCESINCOMEINDUSTRIAL COMPLEXESINSTITUTIONAL INVESTORSLAWSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMEDIAMIGRATIONPOLICY RESEARCHPOLLUTERSPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION ABATEMENTPOLLUTION CONTROLPOTABLE WATERPUBLIC AFFAIRSQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY STANDARDSSAFETYSOCIAL SAFETYSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL WORKSPILLOVERSTREATIESWASTEWASTEWATERWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER SUPPLYPOLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGYABATEMENT10.1596/1813-9450-3126