Unmasking the Porter Hypothesis: Environmental Innovations and Firm-Profitability

Intra-Industry Trade, Environmental Policies, and Innovations: The Porter-Hypothesis Revisited

According to the Porter-Hypothesis (PH) stricter environmental regulations in one country may trigger innovations in that country, which may partially or more than fully offset the compliance costs of domestic firms, thus possibly improving their international competitiveness. This paper investigates whether conditions exist under which this Hypothesis is valid either in its weak form (partiall...

The Stringency of Environmental Regulation and the 'porter Hypothesis' the Stringency of Environmental Regulation and the 'porter Hypothesis'

Most empirical evidence indicates that the costs of environmental regulation represent a minor fraction of total production costs. This finding is at odds with the assumption of stringent environmental regulation of both propo-nents and opponents of the 'Porter Hypothesis'. A possible explanation may be provided by examining the nego-tiation of environmental regulation in a 'political market'. ...

Environmental Regulation and Firm Efficiency: Studying the Porter Hypothesis using a Directional Output Distance Function

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a procedure to empirically test the Porter hypothesis. This hypothesis argues that environmental regulation not only increases environmental quality, but also brings the polluting producers information that makes them more resource efficient, as well as able to develop new technologies. Specifically, the hypothesis tested is whether there is a positive si...

The Stringency Of Environmental Regulations And Technological Change: A Specific Test Of The Porter Hypothesis

the stringency of environmental regulations and technological change: a specific test of the porter hypothesis