The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the German Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison with Other Countries of the European ... Studies: Series 5, Economics and Managem) - Softcover

Triebswetter, Ursula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820473537 ISBN 13: 9780820473536

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

This study examines in three case studies whether German plants suffer from a negative impact on competitiveness caused by stringent environmental legislation. A micro level analysis showed that abatement initiatives had in general been implemented without economic damage and did not touch on the core business. Moreover, German sample plants ranked environmental pressure as relatively unimportant compared with other competitive pressures. Finally, the low absolute levels of compliance costs, at least in two of the case studies, explained why environmental regulation cannot have a great influence on competitiveness in the chosen sectors. High productivity levels were not among the essential factors explaining our findings. It implies for our case studies that also plants with lower productivity can withstand high compliance costs.

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About the Author:

The Author: Ursula Triebswetter holds a diploma in economics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and obtained her Ph.D. at the Queen’s University of Belfast. Since 1994 she has been a research fellow at Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0820473537
• ISBN 13: 9780820473536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 433