Pollution abatement and productivity growth: Evidence from Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-28

  Aiken, Deborah Vaughn ^a   Färe, Rolf ^b   Grosskopf, Shawna ^b   Pasurka Jr , Carl A ^c  

^a Directorate for Epidemiology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assigned input model; Pollution abatement; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; INPUT MODELING; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; PRODUCTION FRONTIER; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH;

PRODUCTIVITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; JAPAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350191762     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9256-2     Document Type: Article

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