Producer's choice of design-for-environment under environmental taxation

Nowadays, the concept of Design for Environment (DfE) is getting more and more important and popular for sustainable operations. Observations from real-world practices and extant literature indicate that currently, companies do not have strong incentive to establish DfE. To this end, this paper proposes the use of an environmental tax to enhance DfE, which will contribute to reducing wastes from the origins, improving the environmental...