Arbeitspapier
Clean and Productive? Evidence from the German Manufacturing Industry
We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and energy expenditures. For this purpose, we follow a production function approach where we account for these investment and expenditure categories as inputs. Based on a panel dataset for the German manufacturing industry between 1996 and 2002 we find that both environmental and energy expenditures do not contribute to production growth. In contrast, environmental investment positively impinges upon production growth as a productivity driver. We thus conclude that environmental regulation should stimulate investment in order to be compatible with economic goals such as productivity.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 08-091
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
- Thema
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environmental performance
environmental regulation
productivity
Industrielle Umweltbelastung
Umweltschutzkosten
Umweltschutzinvestition
Umweltverträgliches Produkt
Umwelttechnik
Innovation
Produktivität
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Oberndorfer, Ulrich
Moslener, Ulf
Böhringer, Christoph
Ziegler, Andreas
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Oberndorfer, Ulrich
- Moslener, Ulf
- Böhringer, Christoph
- Ziegler, Andreas
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2008