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technology in the chlorine manufacturing industry. We estimate the effect of regulation on both the adoption of the membrane … did affect the diffusion of the cleaner technology in the chlorine industry. However, it did so not by encouraging the … adoption of membrane cells by existing facilities, but by reducing the demand for chlorine and hence encouraging the shutdown …
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The diffusion of renewable energy in the power system implies high supply variability. Lacking economically viable storage options, renewable energy integration has so far been possible thanks to the presence of fast-reacting mid-merit fossil-based technologies, which act as back-up capacity....
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This paper investigates the empirical link between emission intensity and economic growth, using a very large data set of 61,219 Italian manufacturing firms over the period 2000-2004. As a measure of lagged environmental performance (efficiency) at firm level we exploit NAMEA sector for CO2,...
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This paper investigates theoretically and empirically the endogenous investment decision of firms conditioning on export decision. It shows that theoretically, whatever the form of preferences, firms that start exporting invest more and grow more than the others. However, it is shown that when...
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