Prácticas ambientales de las empresas y su relación con la actividad económica en Ecuador en el 2010

Abstract

Abstract:The main objective of this research is to analyze the environmental practices of companies in Ecuador, and its relationship with economic activity in 2010, using data from the Economic Census conducted by the National Statistics Institute of Ecuador (INEC). Spatial econometrics, models of discrete choice and minimum ordinary squares (OLS): In order to achieve this goal, three methodologies used. The results show that there is spatial dependence with an error term at the cantonal level; therefore the environmental practices of the companies of a certain canton will depend on the environmental practices of the companies in its neighboring cantons. In the Logit and OLS models variables grouped economic activities have an inverse relation to waste management, we conclude that domestic enterprises do not have adequate behavior with the environment.