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• TITLE: Environmental Regulation, Technology Innovation, and Profit: A Perspective of Production Cost Function

  AUTHORS: Ming-Chung Chang

  KEYWORDS: Porter Hypothesis; Environmental Regulation; Innovation

  JOURNAL NAME: Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol.3 No.6, December 5, 2013

  ABSTRACT: The Porter hypothesis asserts that a stricter environmental regulation stimulates firms to conduct innovation and increase their profit. This paper uses a theoretical framework to examine the Porter hypothesis. We conclude that although a stricter environmental regulation can increase profit, it does not stimulate innovation in a firm.