On the basis of abundant facility and firm-level data for German manufacturing, originating from a recent OECD-survey, this paper empirically investigates the relevance of a variety of incentives for environmentally innovative behavior of facilities, the respective influence of pressure groups,...

Institutional constraints -- Institutional reform and economic changes -- Service organization reform -- Enforcement styles and effectiveness -- Enforcement styles : regional variations -- Enforcement styles : changes over time -- Environmental agencies and public opinion -- Public participation...