Environmental Innovations and Firm Profitability: Unmasking the Porter Hypothesis

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 145-167

  Rexhäuser, Sascha ^a,b   Rammer, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Environmental innovation; Environmental regulation; Porter hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; FIRM PROFITABILITIES; PER UNIT; PORTER HYPOTHESIS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84890878968     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9671-x     Document Type: Article

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