Stringency of Environmental Regulations Vs. Global Competitiveness: Empirical Analysis

• Autorzy: Viktor Koziuk , Yuriy Hayda , Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi , Yuriy Klapkiv
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article focuses on assessing the global competitiveness of countries in the context of their environmental regulatory stringency. The article analyzes the views of scientists on the need to slow down economic growth and transition to stable economy, the relationship between economic growth and environmental changes in the form of environmental Kuznets curve, as well as environmental policy instruments along with the degree of their stringency. The authors put forward and confirm the hypothesis that the quality of institutions and the value assessment of environmental goods directly affect the competitiveness of national economies, regardless of environmental stringency. A comprehensive statistical analysis of the perennial indices of global competitiveness, environmental performance and stringency of environmental regulations on a large sample of countries confirms the hypothesis that significant stringency of environmental regulations in welfare states can be internalized and that their global competitiveness remains high against the background of high-quality environmental goods. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Sustainable development; Ecology; Natural environment; Competitiveness

PL

Rozwój zrównoważony; Ekologia; Środowisko przyrodnicze; Konkurencyjność

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 12
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 278--298

Twórcy

autor

Viktor Koziuk

• Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine

autor

Yuriy Hayda

• Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine

autor

Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi

• Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi, Ternopil National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine, Higher School of Economics and Innovation, Lublin, Poland

autor

Yuriy Klapkiv

• University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2019/12-4/17