Do environmental regulations hamper productivity growth? How accounting for improvements of plants' environmental performance can change the conclusion

Ecological Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 438-445

  Telle, Kjetil ^a   Larsson, Jan ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Malmquist index; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847322571     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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