When the weak win: the role of investment in environmental lobbying (Q5953252)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1693701
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    When the weak win: the role of investment in environmental lobbying
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1693701

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      When the weak win: the role of investment in environmental lobbying (English)
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      31 May 2003
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      investment
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      competitive numeraire sector
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      monopoly
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      polluting good
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      consumption
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      output
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      price
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      political equilibrium
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      lobbying
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      The paper seeks to explore the reasons why environmentally damaging industries appear to be more successful at securing policy concessions and are often slow to embrace new technologies. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEAn economy with two sectors: a competitive numeraire sector and a monopoly which produces a polluting good is considered. A novel explanation, which focuses upon the role of investment in technology as a credible commitment device is proposed. It is shown that the lobbying success of an industry depends critically upon its prior investment strategy. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe analysis is based on a simple framework, which deals with the problem of pollution control. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThis paper extends the existing literature by exploring the impact of firm investment on environmental policy outcomes.
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