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Environmental Policies, Innovation and Productivity in the EU

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  • R. De Santis

    (ISTAT, Rome, Italy)

  • C. Jona Lasinio

    (ISTAT, Rome, Italy)

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In this paper we test the narrow Porter hypothesis on a sample of European economies in the period 1995–2008. We focus on the channels through which tighter environmental regulation affect productivity and innovation. Our findings suggest that the “narrow” 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 innovations 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 the 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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  • R. De Santis & C. Jona Lasinio, 2016. "Environmental Policies, Innovation and Productivity in the EU," Global Economy Journal (GEJ), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(4), pages 615-635, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:gejxxx:v:16:y:2016:i:04:n:gej-2015-0060
    DOI: 10.1515/GEJ-2015-0060
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    Keywords

    environmental regulation; productivity; innovation; Porter hypothesis;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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