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When and why does it pay to be green? / Des billets verts pour des entreprises vertes ?

Lanoie, Paul - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2008

irréversibles. Plusieurs groupes perçoivent qu'il faut agir plus fermement pour réduire nos impacts sur l'environnement. De … nombreuses entreprises abondent dans le même sens, mais l'environnement constitue souvent un souci parmi d'autres. D …'ailleurs, selon des croyances largement répandues, la protection de l'environnement est associée à une hausse des coûts imposés aux …

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Dix exemples de rentabilité financière liés à une saine gestion environnementale

Lanoie, Paul; Tanguay, Georges A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1998

dix exemples québécois de rentabilité verte. Les gestionnaires soucieux de la qualité de l'environnement pourront y … trouver de nouvelles idées et des arguments pour convaincre leurs collègues de devenir proactif en matière d'environnement …

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Measuring the Sustainability of Cities: A Survey-Based Analysis of the Use of Local Indicators

Tanguay, Georges A.; Rajaonson, Juste; Lefebvre, … - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2009

We analyze 17 studies of the use of sustainable development indicators (SDI) in an urban setting. The analysis reveals a lack of consensus not only on the conceptual framework and the approach favored, but also on the selection and optimal number of indicators. First, by performing different...

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How Did Ontario Pulp and Paper Producers Respond to Effluent Regulations, 1985-89?

Fearnley, Joan; Lanoie, Paul; Thomas, Mark - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1996

This paper explores the effects of effluent regulatory activity on firm behavior in the pulp and paper industry in Ontario. The model uses instrumental variables to attempt to distinguish between that correlation between emission limits and emissions coming from regulatory capture and that...

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Environmental Policy, Public Interest and Political Market

Lanoie, Paul; Moreau, Jérôme; Tanguay, Georges A. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2001

In this article, we highlight the factors which influence governments in their decision to implement environmental policies of varying degrees of severity. We substantiate our arguments with analytical evidence from public interest theory and the economic theory of regulation (interest group...

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Monitoring of Pollution Regulation: Do Local Conditions Matter

Dion, Catherine; Lanoie, Paul; Laplante, Benoit - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1996

Economists have greatly criticized regulations that impose uniform environmental standards on plants which may differ in terms both of their marginal abatement cost and marginal damage functions. Such a critic ignores however that the implementation of the standards may vary significantly across...

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Can Capital Markets Create Incentives for Pollution Control?

Lanoie, Paul; Laplante, Benoit; Roy, Maité - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1997

It has been observed that upon trading-off the costs and benefits of pollution control, profit-maximizing firms may choose not to invest their resources in pollution abatement since the expected penalty imposed by regulators falls considerably short of the investment costs. Regulators have...

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Living on a Noisy and Dusty Street: Implications for Environmental Evaluation

Boules, Tagreed; Gagné, Robert; Lanoie, Paul - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1997

été l'objet de mesures spécifiques pour cette étude. Nos résultats montrent qu'aucun des deux aspects de la qualité de l'environnement …

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