Stimulating different types of eco-innovation in the UK: Government policies and firm motivations

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1546-1557

  Demirel, Pelin ^a   Kesidou, Effie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaner production; Eco R D; Environmental Management Systems; Environmental regulation; Environmental taxes; ISO14001

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EQUIPMENT; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OECD; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956085502     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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