Environmental regulation and productivity: testing the porter hypothesis

Paul Lanoie1,2, Michel Patry1,2, Richard Lajeunesse1,2
1École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Montreal, Canada
2CIRANO, Montreal, Canada

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