Green tangible investment strategies and export performance: A firm-level investigation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-161

  Antonietti, Roberto ^a   Marzucchi, Alberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Export; Firm heterogeneity; Green tangible investment strategy; Total Factor Productivity

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN POLICY; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; PROBABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84910029134     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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