Environmental policy and competitiveness: the Porter hypothesis and the composition of capital
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A study was conducted to determine the accuracy of the Porter hypothesis that claims that firms' compliance to environmental policies causes increase in competitiveness and promote environmental protection. Results indicate that business enterprises' modernization prompted by their compliance to environmental policies may increase the short-term production costs. In the long run, however, companies will see that investing in new equipment increases productivity and decreases environmental damage.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 1999
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A note on environmental federalism: interpreting some contradictory results
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Pollution externality and environmental federalism are not significant factors in determining the success of interjudiciary environmental regulations, as shown by an assessment of two contradicting models proposed by Oates et al and Markusen et al. It was cited that if monopoly profits are considered in the model conceived by Markusen et al, the results could have yielded higher welfare. Furthermore, accounting for tax exporting was deemed necessary in achieving higher joint welfare.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 1997
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Factoring the environmental Kuznets curve: evidence from automotive lead emissions
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An inverse-U or an environmental Kuznets curve pattern illustrates the relationship between automotive lead emissions and national income of 48 countries for the past 20 years. The highest point of the Kuznets curve is found to be greatly influenced by estimated functional form and time period. The declining part of the curve, meanwhile, relies heavily on lessening gasoline lead content.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0095-0696
Year: 1998
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