Public policies inducing environmentally sound technological innovations

Resumo

This article discusses some aspects of the connections between environmental policy and technological change in manufacturing industries. It presents a brief review of the arguments for and against the command-and-control regulations. economic instruments and voluntary agreements in order to achieve sound environmental performance in these industries. Brazilian public policy places great emphasis on command-and-control regulations. Economic instruments have played a minor role in this policy, and voluntary agreements are practically non-existent. This lack of equilibrium is one important reason why only a few Brazilian companies take a proactive altitude toward environmentally sound technologies.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

1997

Instituição

Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)

Fonte

Revista de Administração Pública

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/7941

Temas

Políticas PúblicasTecnologiaMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

environmenttechnological innovationtechnologies environmentally healthypublic policyenvironmental legislationself-regulationvoluntary agreements.ambientela innovación tecnológicatecnologías ecológicamente racionaleslas políticas públicaslegislación ambientalla autorregulaciónacuerdos voluntarios.meio ambienteinovação tecnológicatecnologias ambiental mente saudáveispolíticas públicaslegislação ambientalauto-regulamentaçãoacordos voluntários.