Miguel Quiroga Presentation - The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation and Competitiveness? June 2010
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The document discusses testing the Porter Hypothesis, which proposes that well-designed environmental regulations do not inhibit but rather stimulate innovation and competitiveness. It notes that previous tests of the hypothesis may have been flawed by incorrectly specifying the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model of trade and failing to account for correlations between environmental regulations, production factors, and consumption. Re-examining the model and using different empirical specifications could yield different results about the effects of environmental regulation on productivity and competitiveness.
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Working Paper 9823
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
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Brian R. Copeland
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