Environmental Regulations and Firm Performance

Environmental regulations have been widely used in all developed and some developing countries to mitigate pollution. While these regulations potentially reduce pollution, their impact on companies and businesses is unclear. Economists traditionally think that these regulations will increase production costs and deteriorate a firm’s position in market. However, modern economists argue that environmental regulations may foster innovation and help regulated firms boost their productivity. Despite decades of research how environmental regulations affect firm performance, results are subject to debate and we still continue
to find conflicting evidence which suggests that the existing studies are not sufficient and more precise evidence is needed in order to reach a robust conclusion. This project aims to identify the true effect of environmental regulations on the productivity of Indian manufacturing firms. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Alexander Whalley

Student:

Partner:

Indian Statistical Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

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University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award