This article reviews the empirical literature on the impacts of environmental regulations on
firms' competitiveness as measured by trade, industry location, employment, productivity …

A variety of OHSMS-based standards, guidelines, and audits has been developed and
disseminated over the past 20years. A good understanding of the impact of these systems is …

This paper investigates the impact of changes in environmental policy stringency on industry-
and firm-level productivity growth in a panel of OECD countries. To test the strong version of …

Whether or not carbon regulation policies can achieve the “double dividend” of carbon
reduction and economic growth is vital for realizing the sustainable development of a certain …

Some twenty years ago, Harvard Business School economist and strategy professor Michael
Porter challenged conventional wisdom about the impact of environmental regulation on …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between the stringency of
environmental regulation and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the Quebec …

Environmental policy is at the core of the current research debate and policy action. Few
studies have discussed the impact of environmental regulation on productivity growth at …

Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers
claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs and …

Efficiency and productivity growth is measured at the three-digit SIC level for six chemical
industries for 1988–1993. The directional distance function is used to measure the lost …

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 …