Umeå University's logo

umu.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Green Public Procurement as an Policy Instrument: Cost effectiveness
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE), Economics. (Nationalekonomi)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6094-9099
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Regional Science (CERUM).
2013 (English)In: Environmental Economics, ISSN 1998-6041, E-ISSN 1998-605X, Vol. 4, no 4, p. 75-83Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Estimates by the European Commission indicate that public authorities within the European Union typically purchase goods and services corresponding to approximately 16 percent of GDP per annum. Hence, it is believed, private firms can be stimulated to invest in less polluting production technologies if the market power of public bodies is exerted through Green Public Procurement (GPP) policies and legislation. It is commonly argued that there are considerable possibilities for cost-effective GPP. The aim of this paper is to scrutinize this argument by specifically answer the question whether GPP can work as a cost-effective environmental policy instrument in terms of leading firms to reducing emissions at least cost to society. Our main finding shows that this is not the case.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Ukraina: Business Perspectives , 2013. Vol. 4, no 4, p. 75-83
Keywords [en]
Green public Procurement, Procurement Auctions, Environmental Policy, Cost Effectiveness, Climat Policy, Energy Policy, Public Purchasing
National Category
Economics
Research subject
Economics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-82786OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-82786DiVA, id: diva2:663289
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Note

Finns även som Umeå Economic Studies ; Nr 847: Green Public Procurement as an Environmental Policy Instrument:Cost Effectiveness. 26 pages, September 12, 2012.

USBESDA

Available from: 2013-11-11 Created: 2013-11-11 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

URL

Authority records

Lundberg, SofiaMarklund, Per-Olov

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Lundberg, SofiaMarklund, Per-Olov
By organisation
EconomicsCentre for Regional Science (CERUM)
In the same journal
Environmental Economics
Economics

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 711 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf