What We Know About Technological Innovation to Achieve Environmental Compliance: Policy Issues for an Industrializing Animal Agriculture Sector

Purvis, Amy; Joe, Outlaw

doi:10.2307/1243354

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“…Market based mechanisms, such as emissions trading, allow firms to determine the best way to become more efficient (Lange and Bellas, 2005;Newell et al, 1999;Wu, 2009). 'Command and control' regulation prescribes processes and technology to meet specific environmental targets (Managi et al, 2005;Purvis and Outlaw, 1995).…”

Section: Early Views On Regulatory Responsementioning

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“…'Command and control' regulation is thought to disincentivise new innovation development because of its focus on specific technology and minimum standards (Managi et al, 2005;Purvis and Outlaw, 1995). While innovation is induced by prescriptive regulation, unless properly designed it lacks incentives for further innovation (Yabar et al, 2013).…”

Section: Early Views On Regulatory Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

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How environmental regulations affect innovation in the Australian oil and gas industry: going beyond the Porter Hypothesis

Ford

Steen

Verreynne

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

165

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The impact of environmental regulation on innovation is of central interest to many industries and policy makers alike. While traditional research adopts a top-down view of regulation and attempts to measure the innovation response, the more bottom-up view of contemporary theory argues that firms produce innovations that exceed compliance levels as a competitive strategy. We approach this dichotomy by investigating innovation introduced by Australian oil and gas firms in light of environmental regulatory compliance burden and firm-level characteristics, including competitive capabilities. Analyses of survey responses, executivelevel interviews and conference proceedings reveal both regulatory (top-down) and competitive advantage (bottom-up) perspectives explain innovation in this industry.Regression analyses reveal that product/service and novel innovations (all types) are related to a high compliance burden, competitive skills, research and development activity, and engagement in formal collaborations. Interview and conference data add nuance to our findings revealing collaborative compliance frameworks result in similar innovation outcomes.

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Section: Early Views On Regulatory Responsementioning

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Section: Early Views On Regulatory Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

How environmental regulations affect innovation in the Australian oil and gas industry: going beyond the Porter Hypothesis

Ford

Steen

Verreynne

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

165

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“…In earlier work, Purvis and Outlaw (1995) carry out a case study of EPA's permitting process for acceptable water-pollution-control technologies in the US livestock production sector. Those authors conclude that the relevant regulations encouraged the use of "time-tested" technologies that provided lower levels of environmental protection than other more innovative ones, simply because producers knew that EPA was more likely to approve a permit that employed the established approach.…”

Section: Environmental Policy and Adoptionmentioning

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Energy, the Environment, and Technological Change

Popp

Newell

Jaffe

2010

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

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“…In an examination of the effects of alternative policy instruments for reducing oxygen-demanding water pollutants, Kemp (1998) found that effluent charges were a significant predictor of adoption of biological treatment by facilities. In earlier work, Purvis and Outlaw (1995) carried out a case study of EPA's permitting process for acceptable water-pollution control technologies in the U.S. livestock production sector. 15.…”

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Environmental Policy and Technological Change

2002

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Abstract.The relationship between technological change and environmental policy has received increasing attention from scholars and policy makers alike over the past ten years. This is partly because the environmental impacts of social activity are significantly affected by technological change, and partly because environmental policy interventions themselves create new constraints and incentives that affect the process of technological developments. Our central purpose in this article is to provide environmental economists with a useful guide to research on technological change and the analytical tools that can be used to explore further the interaction between technology and the environment. In Part 1 of the article, we provide an overview of analytical frameworks for investigating the economics of technological change, highlighting key issues for the researcher. In Part 2, we turn our attention to theoretical analysis of the effects of environmental policy on technological change, and in Part 3, we focus on issues related to the empirical analysis of technology innovation and diffusion. Finally, we conclude in Part 4 with some additional suggestions for research.

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What We Know About Technological Innovation to Achieve Environmental Compliance: Policy Issues for an Industrializing Animal Agriculture Sector

Cited by 26 publications

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How environmental regulations affect innovation in the Australian oil and gas industry: going beyond the Porter Hypothesis

How environmental regulations affect innovation in the Australian oil and gas industry: going beyond the Porter Hypothesis

Energy, the Environment, and Technological Change

Environmental Policy and Technological Change

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