Environmental Efficiency, Innovation and Economic Performances Book

Introduction Massimiliano Mazzanti and Anna Montini Part 1. Environmental innovation, firms’ economic performances and policy drivers 1. Environmental innovation drivers and economic performance in industrial systems Davide Antonioli, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli 2. The dynamic relationship between emissions and manufacturing firm’s growth Giulio Cainelli, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli 3. Environmentally-oriented strategies and firm performance in services Giulio Cainelli, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli 4. An early assessment of the influence on eco-innovation of the EU emissions trading scheme: evidence from the Italian paper industry Serena Pontoglio Part 2. Environmental efficiency and sector performances 5. Emissions trends and labour productivity dynamics Giovanni Marin and Massimiliano Mazzanti 6. Production-related air emissions: a decomposition analysis for Italy Aldo Femia and Renato Marra Campanale 7. Regional and sector environmental efficiency: empirical evidence using the Italian RAMEA Massimiliano Mazzanti and Anna Montini 8. Biofuels public support and technological specialization in the energy sector Valeria Costantini, Francesco Crespi and Annalisa Zezza 9. Environmental impacts of personal mobility: exploring an Austrian EKC Michael Getzner Part 3 Economic growth, environmental degradation and policies 10. Reconsidering the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis: the trade off between environment and welfare Nicola Cantore and Maurizio Canavari 11. Environmental degradation, economic growth and welfare: the role of self-protection choices Angelo Antoci and Simone Borghesi 12. Carbon Kuznets curves: long-run dynamics and policy events Massimiliano Mazzanti and Antonio Musolesi 13. The EU ETS: CO₂ price drivers during the learning experience Emile Alberola, Julien Chevallier and Benoît Chèze