Triggering business responses to climate policy in Australia

The 'Porter hypothesis' predicts that well-designed environmental regulations will stimulate businesses to innovate to reduce their environmental impact for efficiency reasons. This article analyses the impacts and anticipation effects of Australia's carbon price on firms' carbon...

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Published inAustralian journal of management Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 248 - 271
Main Authors Markey, Raymond, McIvor, Joseph, O’Brien Martin, Wright, Chris F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2021
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Climatic changes
Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Government policy
Hypotheses
Investments
Small business
Technological innovations
AUSTRALIA
Australia
Carbon pricing
environmental regulation
climate policy
porter hypothesis
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Summary:The 'Porter hypothesis' predicts that well-designed environmental regulations will stimulate businesses to innovate to reduce their environmental impact for efficiency reasons. This article analyses the impacts and anticipation effects of Australia's carbon price on firms' carbon reduction activities, through survey data on 466 medium-to-large Australian businesses. We build upon the Porter hypothesis by demonstrating that the anticipated impact of regulation may be as important as its implementation in triggering environmental innovation, thus developing the notion of a 'signal' effect.
Bibliography:AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, Vol. 46, No. 2, May 2021, 248-271
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:0312-8962
1327-2020
DOI:10.1177/0312896220976750