Environmental regulation and productivity: Testing the porter hypothesis

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-128

  Lanoie, Paul ^a,b   Patry, Michel ^a,b   Lajeunesse, Richard ^a,b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CIRANO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Porter hypothesis; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249153162     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0108-4     Document Type: Article

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