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1. ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH - EVIDENCE FOR LITHUANIA INDUSTRY SECTORS.

Author

Zemguliene, Jolanta and Valukonis, Mantas

Subjects
*ENVIRONMENTAL protection, *INVESTMENTS, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *INDUSTRIAL costs
Abstract

Enterprise investment in environment protection means traditionally are seen as a burden induced by environmental policy. It is claimed that these investments do not support increase in output and productivity and rise production costs. Environmental investments directed to reduce abatement cost may not produce the productivity growth effect if the productivity gain do not outweigh the increase in abatement cost. Though environmental investments of firms are seen as less productive allocations, strong version of the Porter Hypothesis implies that investments to production process innovation, induced by environmental policy requirements, might lead to extra profits, which can exceed the cost of investment. Enterprise' investment to innovations related to environment protection, targeted to the production processes, technologies, activities and product design are likely to improve profitability and competitiveness of the firm due to the production cost savings and product improvements. Empirical evidence on the effect of environmental investments on productivity is inconclusive. This paper investigates the effect of enterprise' environmental investments on industry level productivity growth. Cobb-Douglas production function framework was extended to allow for effects of environmental investments. The endogenous growth approach of production function is augmented with variables of investment to environment protection remedies and investment to production process improvement, associated to the production factor of knowledge. Investment to environmental innovations of production process and products is interrelated to the accumulation of the stock of knowledge. The extent to which variations in productivity can be explained by the environmental investment is estimated from regression analysis of Lithuanian industry sectors' level data for the period of 2000-2015. The results revealed insignificant average productivity effect of the total environmental investment, integrating the impact of different types of investments - investment aimed at reducing environmental impact of production and also investment aimed at production process improvement. However, there is evidence, that environmental investment in production process improvement has statistically significant effect on sector's productivity growth. This result supports the strong version of the Porter Hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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2. [Trends in health care expenditures in Lithuania].

Author

Jankauskiene D, Zemguliene J, and Gaizauskiene A

Subjects
Financing, Government, Financing, Personal, Health Policy, Humans, Insurance, Health, Lithuania, Models, Theoretical, Rural Population, Socioeconomic Factors, Urban Population, Health Care Reform economics, Health Expenditures trends
Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze the tendencies of public and private health care expenditure in Lithuania during 1994-1999. Crude examination of statistical data show, that the growth rate of health care spending per capital is largely determined by growth of national gross domestic product (GDP). We have estimated that health care spending in Lithuania have risen twice faster than GDP during 1994-1999. (Percentage of rise in health care spending, divided by percentage rise of GDP, is +2.26). The introduction of compulsory health insurance in 1997, and the development of private health care sector in Lithuania, led to increase health care expenditure in total, and has influenced changes in public-private spending proportions. A source of private spending in national health account has increased from 15 per cent in 1994-1995 to 24 percent in 1996-1999. The tendency of increasing private spending shows, the evidence, that households are facing more financial risk of purchasing health care. This should be an implication for health care policy makers. Further decisions to increase private payments have to be based on evidence after detailed analysis of impact of consequences on health care access for various social economic groups of population.

Published
2002

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