ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE PORTER HYPOTHESIS

被引：637

作者：

Lanoie, Paul ^{[1
]}

Laurent-Lucchetti, Jeremy ^{[2
]}

Johnstone, Nick ^{[3
]}

Ambec, Stefan ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] HEC Montreal Econ, Montreal, PQ H3T 2A7, Canada

[2] Univ Bern, Dept Econ, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland

[3] OECD Environm Directorate, Empir Policy Anal Unit, F-75016 Paris, France

[4] Toulouse Sch Econ INRA LERNA, F-31000 Toulouse, France

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY | 2011年 / 20卷 / 03期

关键词：

PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; US; TECHNOLOGY; REGULATIONS; ENFORCEMENT; PAPER; PULP;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1530-9134.2011.00301.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Jaffe and Palmer (1997) present three distinct variants of the so-called Porter Hypothesis. The "weak" version of the hypothesis posits that environmental regulation will stimulate environmental innovations. The "narrow" version of the hypothesis asserts that flexible environmental policy regimes give firms greater incentive to innovate than prescriptive regulations, such as technology-based standards. Finally, the "strong" version posits that properly designed regulation may induce cost-saving innovation that more than compensates for the cost of compliance. In this paper, we test the significance of these different variants of the Porter Hypothesis using data on the four main elements of the hypothesised causality chain (environmental policy, research and development, environmental performance, and commercial performance). The analysis draws upon a database that includes observations from approximately 4,200 facilities in seven OECD countries. In general, we find strong support for the "weak" version, qualified support for the "narrow" version, but no support for the "strong" version.

引用

页码：803 / 842

页数：40

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