An Empirical Study of Environmental R &amp; D: What Encourages Facilities to be Environmentally Innovative?

Arimura, Toshi H.; Hibiki, Akira; Johnstone, Nick

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“…Frondel et al (2007) find that generally policy stringency is an increasingly important driving force behind environmental innovations rather than the choice of single policy instruments. Arimura et al (2007) provide the same empirical evidence for the effect of regulation on green R&D, i.e. that stringent environmental policy stimulates green R&D rather than the choice of a certain policy instrument.…”

Section: Environmental Innovation and Regulationmentioning

confidence: 64%

Long-Term Impacts of Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovative Activities of Firms

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Rexhäuser

2010

SSRN Journal

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp10074.pdf The present study uses data from the German part of the CIS in 2009, the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP). Evidence for nine different classes of environmental benefits of introduced innovations is provided by a question where firms were asked to state the amount of environmental benefits (ranging between no, low, medium, and high benefits). Furthermore, firms were asked about the determinants of these innovations. The focus in this paper is only on governmental regulation. In cases where innovations are introduced due to regulatory constraints, firms were asked to cite the respective laws to be responsible for these innovations. Non-Technical SummaryThese laws were classified into three major fields of environmental policy and furthermore, the effective dates of these laws were identified. Almost all of the cited regulations are nonmarket based.The ordered probit estimation approach used in this paper provides only limited support for innovative effects of these three policy types in general. They only trigger environmentally related innovations for strongly related environmental aspects. In addition to this finding, the results provide evidence for long-term innovative effects of command-and-control regulation. However, such long-term effects of regulation on environmentally related innovation do not exist for all of the examined environmental benefits of innovations. Das Wichtigste in KürzeIn

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Section: Environmental Innovation and Regulationmentioning

confidence: 64%

Long-Term Impacts of Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovative Activities of Firms

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2010

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“…Frondel et al (2007) and Arimura et al (2007) report that general policy stringency is an increasingly important driver as opposed to simple policy instruments. Moreover, stringency is particularly important for end-of-pipe technologies.…”

Section: H1d: the Introduction Of Ems Stimulates Environmental Randdmentioning

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What are the determinants of investment in environmental R&D?

2017

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To face the challenges posed by climate change, environmental R&D and innovation are critical factors if we hope to cut emissions; yet, investment in environmental R&D remains below the social optimum. The aim of this paper is to analyse the determinants of investment in environmental innovation and to detect the differences, if any, with the determinants of investment in general innovation. In addition, this paper examines the relationship between environmental innovation R&D expenditure and a range of policy instruments, including environmental regulation and other policy measures including R&D subsidies and environmental taxes. The empirical analysis is carried out for 22 manufacturing sectors in Spain for the period [2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013]. To overcome problems of data availability, we construct a comprehensive database from different surveys. The main implications from our results are 1). Managerial strategy appears as a relevant driver of environmental R&D investments.2) The establishment of a policy mix between environmental, energy and technological regulatory measures is recommended.3) The promotion of self-regulation through actions that encourage companies to follow a policy that affects their energy efficiency and is environmentally friendly.

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“…Johnstone et al (2010b) find some evidence of perceived flexibility of environmental policies increasing patenting behaviour, albeit need to recur factor analysis to extract the variation in crosscountry perceived flexibility, which tends to be highly correlated with stringency. Arimura et al (2007) do not find any different effects of voluntary approaches relative to command and control measures. Possible explanations for the above findings are the difficulty of assessing the actual flexibility of an instrument and omitted variables.…”

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“…• In a facility level approach stringency of policy tends to have a fairly strong effect on the decision to engage in environmental R&D (Johnstone and Labonne, 2006;Arimura et al, 2007;andLanoie et al, 2011, Yang et al 2012). …”

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Environmental Policies and Productivity Growth

2013

OECD Economics Department Working Papers

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JT03348802Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. ECO/WKP(2013) The economic effects of environmental policies are of central interest to policymakers. The traditional approach sees environmental policies as a burden on economic activity, at least in the short to medium term, as they raise costs without increasing output and restrict the set of production technologies and outputs. In contrast, the Porter Hypothesis claims that well-designed environmental policies can provide a 'free lunch' -encouraging innovation, bringing about gains in profitability and productivity that can outweigh the costs of the policy. This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the link between environmental policy stringency and productivity growth, and the various channels through which such effects can take place. The results are ambiguous, in particular as many of the studies are fragile and context-specific, impeding the generalisation of conclusions. Practical problems related to data, measurement and estimation strategies are discussed, leading to suggestions how they can be addressed in future research. These include: improving the measurement of environmental policy stringency; investigating into effects of different types of instruments and details of instrument design; exploiting cross-country variation; and the complementary use of different levels of aggregation. *********************************88 JEL classification codes Politiques environnementales et croissance de la productivité -un examen critique des résultats empiriquesLes effets économiques des politiques environnementales revêtent un intérêt crucial pour les responsables de l'action publique. Suivant l'approche classique, les politiques environnementales sont considérées comme un fardeau pour l'activité économique, au moins dans une perspective de court à moyen terme, étant donné qu'elles entraînent une hausse des coûts sans pour autant faire augmenter la production et qu'elles limitent l'éventail des technologies de production et des produits. À l'inverse, suivant l'hypothèse de Porter, des politiques environnementales judicieusement conçues peuvent procurer des avantages sans contrepartie, en encourageant l'innovation et en débouchant sur des gains de rentabilité et de productivité qui peuvent l'emporter sur les coûts des politiques considérées. Nous examinons dans ce document de travail les données empiriques relatives à la relation existant entre la rigueur des politiques environnementales et la croissance de la productivité, ainsi que les différents canaux via lesquels les effets considérés peuvent se produire. Les résultats de cet examen sont ambigus, notamment dans la mesure où de nombreuses études sont fragiles et spécifiquement liées à un contexte donné, ce qui ne permet pas d'en généraliser les conclusions. Des p...

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An Empirical Study of Environmental R & D: What Encourages Facilities to be Environmentally Innovative?

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Long-Term Impacts of Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovative Activities of Firms

Long-Term Impacts of Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovative Activities of Firms

What are the determinants of investment in environmental R&D?

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