Analysing the determinants of environmental technology investments. A panel-data study of Spanish industrial sectors

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1170-1179

  Del Río, Pablo ^a   Tarancón Morán, Miguel Ángel ^b   Albiñana, Fernando Callejas ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clean technologies; Drivers and barriers; Environmental regulation

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INTENSITY; CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES; DRIVERS AND BARRIERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; PANEL DATA;

INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 79955718982     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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