Essays about: "Porter hypothesis"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words Porter hypothesis.

1. 6. Macroeconomic Factors' Impact on Sweden’s CO2e Emissions - A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

   University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Johan Magnusson; Axel Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Mathematical statistics; Multiple linear regression; CO2e emissions; Sweden; Macroeconomic development; Sustainable economic growth; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Porter Hypothesis; Matematisk statistik; Multipel linjär regression; CO2e-utsläpp; Sverige; Makroekonomisk utveckling; Hållbar ekonomisk tillväxt; Miljökuznetskurvan; Porters hypotes;

   Abstract : This study investigated the relationship between Sweden’s CO2e (Carbon Dioxide Equivalent) emissions and key macroeconomic factors, for the period 2008Q1- 2022Q3. The aim was to enhance the understanding of the link between macroeconomic factors and greenhouse gas emissions in a post-industrial economy, using multiple regression analysis. READ MORE

3. 7. The Effects of the EU Taxonomy on Municipal Energy Investment Plans - A qualitative study exploring the effects of the EU taxonomy in bioenergy investment strategies related to the energy plan of Gothenburg municipality

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Stina Bäckrud; Annie Kjellberg; Sarah Rosensohn; [2022-07-01]
   Keywords : EU Taxonomy; Investment strategies; Bioenergy; Energy planning; Municipality; the Porter Hypothesis;

   Abstract : One of the most recent climate initiatives of the European Union (EU) is the Taxonomy Regulation (EU/2020/852), a tool to redirect capital towards sustainable investment and to achieve the goals set in Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement. The taxonomy’s classification system is a predetermined and union-wide definition of sustainable economic activities, risking to be in conflict with different local perceptions of what is sustainable. READ MORE

4. 8. To innovate or not - that is the question A study investigating how the number of patents applications has been affected by the EU ETS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Alma Hemberg; [2021-08-23]
   Keywords : aviation; business enterprise investments; cement; difference-in-differences; emissions; environmental regulation; EPO; Espacenet; the EU ETS; GDP growth; gross domestic investments; innovation; IPC; manufacturing of iron and steel; OECD; patent applications; patents; Porter Hypothesis; R D;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how patent applications (as a proxy measure for innovation) in regulated sectors were affected by the implementation of the European Emission Trading System (the EU ETS) in 2005. The studied EU ETS-regulated sectors are cement and manufacturing of iron and steel with aviation sector as a placebo check. READ MORE

5. 9. Impact of Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in the free trade agreements of the EU on its imports of environmental goods: A gravity model analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Vladislav Kaim; [2021]
   Keywords : international trade; sustainability; trade and environment; European Union; environmental goods; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Sustainable development agenda in general and environmental considerations in particular have become deeply embedded into the ways the public and decision makers are thinking about trade policy. European Union, while not being the very first adopter of ambitious policies on this front as part of its free trade agreements (FTAs), has emerged throughout the 2010s as the most consistent one. READ MORE

6. 10. Environmental regulation and productivity : Empirical evidence on the Porter hypothesis from the Swedish energy-intensive industry

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Pascal Kamana; [2021]
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   Abstract : This study analyses the potential effects of environmental regulation on productivity growth in the Swedish energy-intensive industry. The study asks whether the so-called Porter hypothesis is valid in the context of the Swedish heavy industry. READ MORE