How can environmental policies reduce emissions without harming economic performance?
The FiGE Project explores this question by studying how environmental policy stringency affects firms, trade, and productivity in Germany and France. These two countries offer an interesting comparison because they follow different energy paths, with Germany relying more on renewables and France placing greater emphasis on nuclear energy.
By developing new indicators of environmental stringency and combining them with firm-level and trade data, the project examines how stricter environmental policies shape economic outcomes across firms/industries.
The aim is to provide evidence that can help design environmental policies that improve environmental performance while limiting negative effects on firms, trade, and productivity.
The project is financed by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme of the European Union.
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Mara E. Vidali 