We propose a test of the Porter hypothesis for the Dutch horticulture sector, using a stochastic production frontier analysis allowing for an inclusion of policy variables to account for the effect of environmental policy of firm performance. We find considerable heterogeneity in the way firms...

Environmental policymakers must address the adverse effects of a number of pollutants that accumulate in the environment. Goals for the regulation of these damages often involve holding long-term emissions below a level deemed to be "dangerous", or outright banning of offending products or...

Are technology improvements contractionary? We re-examine this central question, accounting for the presence of natural resources. A two-sector model of economic growth indicates that capital-augmenting technological improvements can be contemporaneously contractionary in resource-rich...