Environmental policy and productivity growth in the manufacturing industry: evidence from selected European countries

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate how environmental policies influence productivity growth in the manufacturing sector across select European countries.
• Analysis of productivity data from European manufacturing sectors
• Examination of different environmental policies in selected countries
• Comparative analysis of economic performance metrics
• A positive correlation between stringent environmental policies and productivity growth was observed
• Countries with proactive environmental measures showed greater economic performance
• Variations in the impact of policies were noted among different countries