When do Finns Benefit from Environmental Regulations? A Simple Microeconomic Approach to the Porter Controversy

Michael Porter and others have recently argued that suitable environmental regulations are likely to induce cost-reducing innovations. We analyze under which conditions such arguments might be consistent with microeconomic analysis, and under which additional conditions the firms' benefits might exceed the costs. It turns out that this requires fairly specific conditions.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Bonato, Dario ; Schmutzler, Armin
Published in:	Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES). - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik / Société Suisse d"Économie et de Statistique - SGVS/SSES, ISSN 0303-9692. - Vol. 136.2000, IV, p. 513-530
Publisher:	Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik / Société Suisse d"Économie et de Statistique - SGVS/SSES

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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