Incentives for technological development: BAT is bad

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-367

  Bansal, Sangeeta ^a   Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b India Development Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Best available technology; Commitment policy; Environmental regulation; Environmentally aware consumers; Innovation; Technological development; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH;

ADOPTED TECHNOLOGY; BAT BASED POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; INCENTIVES;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 17644379652     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-004-4223-z     Document Type: Article

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