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| Author: | Feess, E. Muehlheusser, G. |
| Title: | Strategic Environmental Policy, Clean Technologies and the Learning Curve |
| Journal: | Environmental and Resource Economics
2002 : OCT, VOL. 23:2, p. 149-166 |
| Index terms: | TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY LEARNING CURVES TRADE POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In the political discussion, it is often emphasized that the environmental service industry (which produces a clean factor of production) benefits from an early and strong environmental policy. This is especially likely if the costs of production are decreasing over time due to learning curve effects. Surprisingly, the environmental service industry has not been integrated into the theory of strategic environmental policy yet. The authors' main question is whether a national leadership in environ mental policy can pay off if profits of the environmental service industry are taken into account. The authors consider a two-period model with one firm in each country competing on a third market. Emissions can be substituted by the clean factor when deciding upon the production technology. |
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