Environmental Research and Development US Industrial Research, the Clean Air Act and Environmental Damage
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John T. Scott, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College, US<i>'The theoretical and econometrical works presented by the author really brings original and relevant insights on the determinants of environmental R&D and on the role of public regulation.'</i>
- Vanessa Oltra, Journal of Evolutionary Economics,
<i>'Scott's study is significant . . . for anyone interested in a solid study examining the role of R&D investments and environmental quality, this is well worth the effort.'</i>
- Deborah Lee, Business Information Alert,
<i>'By looking carefully at environmental R&D in industry, John Scott focusses on one of the hard questions in environmental policy - how to shift private investment decisions towards outcomes that are more desirable from the perspective of promoting public goods, in this instance clean air. This is the analytic puzzle that stands at the heart of the challenge of sustainable development. The plausible conclusion is that the promotion of environmental R&D in industry may be one of the most promising avenues of public policy in support of sustainable development.'</i>
- Konrad von Moltke, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Canada,
<i>'John Scott's imaginative and well-written book makes an important contribution to both the industrial organization and environmental economics literatures. The book contains a nice theoretical development of the hypotheses to be tested, interesting empirical results with a unique data base, and important policy conclusions - in short, something for everyone.'</i>
- Dennis C. Mueller, University of Vienna, Austria,
Economists and policy makers in the areas of industrial organization, technological change, the economics of R&D and the environment including policy toward R&D and technology; as well as corporate officers of R&D and environmental affairs will find this volume indispensable.