Environmental policies and marine engines--effects on the development and adoption of innovations

Heli Hyvättinen and Mikael Hildén

Marine Policy, 2004, vol. 28, issue 6, 491-502

Abstract: This study indicates that environmental policy interventions significantly influence the innovation processes for reducing the emissions of marine engine technology. Several different types of interventions have been important and the effect is not directly proportional to the strength or spatial coverage of the intervention. Despite its relative weakness, the MARPOL rule on NOx emissions has contributed to technology development. We also show that the rise of environmental issues in other fields has had a marked effect on the development of the marine sector and that relatively local interventions can influence innovation even in an international sector like marine transport.

Keywords: Environmental; policy; MARPOL; Marine; transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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