Environmental Innovations and Firm Profitability: Unmasking the Porter Hypothesis

We examine impacts of different types of environmental innovations on firm profits. Following Porter’s (Sci Am 264(4):168, 1991 ) hypothesis that environmental regulation can improve firms’ competitiveness, we distinguish between regulation-induced and voluntary environmental innovations. We find th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental & resource economics 2014-01, Vol.57 (1), p.145-167
Hauptverfasser:	Rexhäuser, Sascha, Rammer, Christian
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Capital stock Competitiveness Consumption Costs Data analysis Economic Policy Economics Economics and Finance Energy consumption Environmental Economics Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Environmental Management Environmental regulations Germany Hypotheses Innovation Innovations Investments Pollution control Productivity Profitability Profits Pulp & paper mills R&D Regulation Research & development Resource efficiency Studies Technological change Technology adoption
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