Market Inertia and the Introduction of Green Products: Can Strategic Effects Justify the Porter Hypothesis?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-284

  Constantatos, Christos ^a,b   Herrmann, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coordination; Differentiated products; Environmental regulation; Porter hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROFITABILITY;

COORDINATION; COURNOT DUOPOLY; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; PORTER HYPOTHESIS; REGULATORY INTERVENTIONS; STRATEGIC EFFECT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 80053052328     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9471-0     Document Type: Article

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