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Environmental Policies, Innovation and Productivity in the EU. LEQS Discussion Paper No. 100/2015 November 2015

De Santis, Roberta and Jona Lasinio, Cecilia (2015) Environmental Policies, Innovation and Productivity in the EU. LEQS Discussion Paper No. 100/2015 November 2015. [Discussion Paper]

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    Abstract

    In this paper we test the weak Porter hypothesis on a sample of European economies in the period 1995-2008. We focus on the channels through which tighter environmental regulation affects productivity and innovation. Our findings suggest that the “weak” Porter hypothesis cannot be rejected and that the choice of policy instruments is not neutral. In particular, market based environmental stringency measures seem to be the most suitable to stimulate innovation and productivity growth. Consistently with the strategic reorientation of environmental policies in the European Union since the end of the eighties, our results indicate that the EU might privilege market based instruments in order to meet more effectively the 2030 targets, especially through the channels of innovation and productivity enhancement.

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    Item Type: Discussion Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > environmental policy (including international arena)
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > innovation policy
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > London School of Economics and Political Science (European Institute) > LEQS Discussion Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 05 Aug 2018 13:26
    Number of Pages: 30
    Last Modified: 05 Aug 2018 13:26
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/93648

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