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Can Environmental Regulations be Good for Business? an Assessment of the Porter Hypothesis

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Ambec, Stefan
Barla, Philippe

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The Porter hypothesis asserts polluting firms can benefit from environmental policies, arguing that well-designed environmental regulations stimulate innovation, which, by increasing either productivity or product value, leads to private benefits. As a consequence, environmental regulations would benefit both society and regulated firms. This point of view has found a receptive audience among policy makers and the popular press but has been severely criticized by economists. In this paper, we present some of the arguments in this debate and review the empirical evidence available so far in the economic literature.

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Keywords: Environmental regulations Porter Hypothesis Competitiveness

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  1. Ambec, S. & Lanoie, P., 2007. "When and why does it pay to be green ?," Working Papers 200704, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Thierry Bréchet & Pierre-André Jouvet, 2006. "Why environmental regulation may lead to no-regret pollution abatement?," EconomiX Working Papers 2006-12, University of Paris West - Nanterre la Défense, EconomiX. [Downloadable!]
  3. Lanoie, P. & Laurent-Lucchetti, L. & Johnstone, N. & Ambec, S., 2007. "Environmental policy, innovation and performance : new insights on the Porter hypothesis," Working Papers 200706, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL). [Downloadable!]
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