Green Tape Measures Up: Environmental Regulation Comes with Lower Compliance Costs and Greater Innovation than Previously Thought

There are a number of reasons why more and more studies are showing that environmental regulations bring economic dividends. This short paper and the two Policy Briefs that accompany it explore what we believe are the top three.

Overestimating the Costs of Compliance with Environmental Regulation

3 Reasons why Green Tape Measures Up to scrutiny

Environmental regulations – often referred to as ‘green tape’ – are commonly portrayed as pitting regulator against regulatee, business against government, environmentalists against industry groups, environment against economy. But the latest evidence shows that green tape does not polarize.