Environmental regulation and technology transfers

被引:22
作者
Asano, Takao [1 ]
Matsushima, Noriaki [2 ]
机构
[1] Okayama Univ, Fac Econ, Okayama 7008530, Japan
[2] Osaka Univ, Inst Social & Econ Res, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 2014年 / 47卷 / 03期
关键词
Q56; F18; H23; L13; PORTER HYPOTHESIS; COMPETITIVENESS; TARIFFS; POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; POLLUTION; FEE;
D O I
10.1111/caje.12100
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper analyzes the situation in which a national government introduces environmental regulations. Within the framework of an international duopoly with environmental regulations, an environmental tax imposed by the government in the home country can induce a foreign firm with advanced abatement technology to license it to a domestic firm without this technology. Furthermore, when the domestic firm's production technology is less efficient than that of the foreign firm, the foreign firm may freely reveal its technology to the domestic firm. These improvements through the voluntary transfer of technology imply that environmental regulations have positive impacts on innovation. Resume Reglementation environnementale et transferts de technologie. Ce texte analyse le cas d'un gouvernement national qui etablit des reglementations environnementales. Dans le cadre d'un duopole international avec reglementations environnementales, le gouvernement national impose une taxe environnementale au plan domestique qui peut induire une firme etrangere qui dispose d'une technologie avancee qui reduit l'impact environnemental a vendre une licence permettant d'utiliser cette technologie a une firme domestique qui ne l'a pas. De plus, quand la technologie de production de la firme domestique est moins efficace que celle de la firme etrangere, la firme etrangere peut reveler sa technologie a la firme domestique. Ces ameliorations a travers les transferts volontaires de technologie impliquent que les reglementations environnementales ont des impacts positifs sur l'innovation.
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页码:889 / 904
页数:16
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