Case study evidence that direct regulation remains the main driver of industrial pollution avoidance and may benefit operational efficiency

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Testa, Francesco ^a,b   Styles, David ^c,d   Iraldo, Fabio ^a,e  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CESISP Center for the Development of Product Sustainability   (Italy)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e IEFE Institute for Environmental and Energy Policy and Economics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Environmental regulation; Industrial pollution; Regulatory efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPLIANCE COSTS; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; IRELAND; MULTI-POLLUTANT CONTROL; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS; OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; REGULATORY EFFICIENCY; SOCIAL BENEFITS;

COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; POLLUTION; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 80455143768     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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