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(M = 5.95) and that products should meet the requirements of interna-
tional and/or EU environmental regulations (M = 5.89).

Table 31: Descriptive statistics for determinant Environmental policy instruments

N Mean St. Dev. Skew St. Err. Kurt St. Err.
Skew Kurt

Command-and-control instrument

Our products should

meet the requirements 223 5.99 1.547 -1.828 0.163 2.867 0.324
of national environ-

mental regulations.

Our products should

meet the requirements

164 of international and/or 223 5.89 1.577 -1.600 0.163 1.969 0.324
EU environmental reg-

ulations.

Our production pro- 6.00 1.519 -1.845 0.163 2.990 0.324
cesses should meet the
requirements of nation- 223
al environmental reg-
ulations.

Our production pro-

cesses should meet the

requirements of inter- 223 5.95 1.468 -1.578 0.163 2.080 0.324
national and/or EU

environmental regu-

lations.

Economic incentive instrument

The government pro- 223 4.00 1.649 0.188 0.163 -0.810 0.324
vides preferential subsi-
dies for environmental
innovation (availability
of government grants,
subsidies or other fi-
nancial incentives for
environmental inno-
vation).

The government pro- 223 3.43 1.699 0.540 0.163 -0.526 0.324
vides preferential tax
policies for environ-
mental innovation.

The government pro- 4.80 1.713 -0.368 0.163 -0.818 0.324
vides environmental
taxes – taxes on energy, 223
transport, pollution/re-
sources.