Environmental policy without costs? A review of the porter hypothesis

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-117

  Brännlund, Runar ^a,b   Lundgren, Tommy ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Productivity; Profitability; The Porter hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749139913     PISSN: 19321465     EISSN: 19321473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/101.00000020     Document Type: Review

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