Policy vs. Consumer Pressure: Innovation and Diffusion of Alternative Bleaching Technologies in the Pulp Industry

David Popp, Tamara Hafner, Nick Johnstone

NBER Working Paper No. 13439
Issued in September 2007

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We thank Ivan Hascic for helpful comments and assistance in locating data for the project, and Dave Halliburton, Mimi Nameki, and Grethe Torrissen for their willingness to clarify regulations in their countries. The data upon which this report is based was collected as part of the OECD project on "Environmental Policy and Technological Innovation" (www.oecd.org/env/cpe/firms/innovation) and is the exclusive property of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The views contained in this article are those of the authors and may not reflect those of the OECD, its member countries, or the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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