Strategic rationale for responding to extra‐jurisdictional regulation: Evidence from firm adoption of renewable power in the US
研究发现美国电力企业不仅回应本地监管，还会因同行业企业在其他司法管辖区面临更严格的可再生能源标准而增加自身可再生能源发电，这种前瞻性行为源于对域外监管可能预示本地变化的判断。
It is well documented that firms respond to regulations in their home jurisdictions. We present hypotheses that firms also respond to regulations in jurisdictions where they do not operate. We examine renewable‐power provision in the U.S. electric utility sector between 2001 and 2006, and find that firms adopt more renewable‐power generation when their peers (i.e., firms in the same regulatory jurisdiction) face greater renewable‐power standards in other jurisdictions. The underlying mechanism is that forward‐looking firms assess when extrajurisdictional regulations foreshadow regulatory changes where they operate. Our analyses support this mechanism versus plausible alternatives. We demonstrate firms acting strategically to respond to extrajurisdictional regulations and show that the central conduit motivating this response is the extrajurisdictional footprint of firms operating in the same jurisdiction as a focal firm . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.