Research Papers, Books, and Book Chapters
Research papers
“CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics" Lyon, Thomas P., Magali Delmas, John W. Maxwell et. al. Summer 2018. California Management Review.
Self-Regulation and Regulatory Flexibility: Why Firms May be Reluctant to Signal Green” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. 2016. Advances in Strategic Management, Vol 34, pp. 301-329.
“Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility: A Theoretical Perspective” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. [Reprint] Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility, Abagal McWilliams (Ed.), 2014, Edward Elgar Press.
“Self-regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism,” Maxwell, John W., Thomas P. Lyon and Steve C. Hackett. [Reprint] Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility, Abagal McWilliams (Ed.), 2014, Edward Elgar Press.
Harbaugh, Rick, John W. Maxwell and Beatrice Roussillon. 2011. “Label Confusion: The Groucho Effect of Uncertain Standards.” Management Science, 57(9), pp 1512-1527. [Lead Article]
On Conflict over Natural Resources” Rafael Reuveny, John W. Maxwell and Jefferson Davis. Ecological Economics, Vol. 70, IS 4, February, 2011.
Greenwash” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 20, IS 1 pp 3-41.[Lead Article]
“Environmental Inspection Proclivity and State Manufacturing Growth,” Decker, Christopher S. and John W. Maxwell. Annals of Regional Science, pp.1-20, 2011.[Lead Article].
“Dynamic Continuing Conflict” Rafael Reuveny, John W. Maxwell, and Jefferson Davis. Defense and Peace Economics. Vol 22, IS 5, pp. 471-492.
“Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility: A Theoretical Perspective” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Volume 2, No. 2, pp. 240-260. Summer 2008.
“Environmental Public Voluntary Programs Reconsidered,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Policy Studies Journal (Symposium on Voluntary Environmental Programs) Volume 35 Issue 4 pp. 723-750, November 2007.
“Voluntary Environmental Investments and Responsive Regulation,” Maxwell, John W. and Christopher S. Decker. Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 425-439, April 2006. [Lead Article]
“Continuing Conflict,” Maxwell, John W. and Rafael Reuveny. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 30-52, September 2005.
Trade and Environment: Theory and Policy in the Context of EU Enlargement and Economic Transition, Editors, Maxwell, John W. and Rafael Reuveny. Edward Elgar Press (FEEM Series) 2005.
Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy, Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. December 2004.
“Astroturf Lobbying,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 561-597, Winter 2004. [Lead Article]
“Private vs. Public Regulation: The Political Economy of the International Environment,” Heyes, Anthony and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 978-996, September 2004.
“Self-Regulation, Taxation and Public Voluntary Environmental Agreements,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 87, No. 7, pp. 1453-1486, August 2003.
“Deficits, Empty Individual Accounts, and Transition Costs: Restructuring Challenges Facing China’s Pension System,” Sun, Qixiang and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Insurance Issues, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp.103-126, Fall 2002.
“Conflict and Renewable Resources,” Reuveny, Rafael and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 719-742, December 2001.
“Comparative Advantage, Trade, and Transboundary Pollution,” Lehr, Carol and John W. Maxwell. Open Economies Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 205-227, July 2000.
“Self-regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism,” Maxwell, John W., Thomas P. Lyon and Steve C. Hackett. Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 583-618, October 2000.
“Quality Leadership when Regulatory Standards are Forthcoming,” Lutz, Stefan, Thomas P. Lyon and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Industrial Economics. Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 331-348, September 2000.
“Resource Scarcity and Conflict in Developing Countries,” Maxwell, John W. and Rafael Reuveny. Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 301-322, May 2000.
Empirical Studies of Environmental Policies in Europe, Editors, Maxwell, John W. and Juergen von Hagen. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2000.
“Minimum ‘Quality’ Standards in a Horizontally Differentiated Market,” Maxwell, John W. Advances in Applied Microeconomics: Industrial Organization, Vol. 9, pp. 265-277, Elsevier, Amsterdam 2000.
“Corporate Environmental Strategies as Tools to Influence Regulation,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 189-196, May-June 1999.
“On Marketization Operation of Life Insurance Investments,” Sun, Qixiang and John W. Maxwell. Economic Research Journal, Vol. 12, No. 10, pp. 48-57, 1998.
“Free Trade and Arms Races,” Reuveny, Rafael and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 771-803, December 1998.
“The Impact of Industry Structure and Penalty Policies on Incentives for Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement,” Lear, Kelly and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 127-148, September 1998.
“Minimum Quality Standards as a Barrier to Innovation,” Maxwell, John W. Economics Letters, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 355-360, March 1998.
“Pollution Policy: The Role of Publicly Provided Information,” Kennedy, Peter W., Benoit LaPlant and John W. Maxwell. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 31-43, January 1994.
Cases
GW Pharmaceuticals (with Jordi Badia, Indiana University & Orphan Now)
Book Chapters and Practitioner Journals
“On the Profitability of Corporate Environmentalism” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell, Chapter 25 in Oxford Handbook of Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013.
“Voluntary Environmental Agreements as a Tool for Pollution Reduction in China.” 2011 Beijing Forum Papers and Proceedings, Peking University Press, Beijing, 2012.
“The Economics of NGO Behavior” Maxwell, John W. Good Cop, Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies Towards Business. Thomas P. Lyon (Ed.) RFF Press, Washington DC, 2010.
Voluntary Environmental Programs Reconsidered, Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell, Chapter 6 in Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Policy Perspective, Lexington Books, 2009.
“Does “Green” Corporate Social Responsibility Benefit Society?” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell. Weekly Policy Commentary, Resources, Resources For the Future Press, Washington, DC. January, 2009.
“Greenwash,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W Maxwell. Administrative & Regulatory Law News, American Bar Association, Vol 32 No. 4, pp. 9-11. Summer 2007.
China’s Insurance Industry: Challenges and Opportunities, Sun, Qixiang and John W. Maxwell. International Insurance Quarterly. Vol.19 No. 4, January 2006.
“Introduction,” Maxwell, John W. Trade and Environment: Theory and Policy in the Context of EU Enlargement and Economic Transition, Edward Elgar Press (FEEM Series), pp. 1-16. 2005.
“Public Voluntary Programs for Mitigating Climate Change,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell in Voluntary Approaches to Climate Policy, Editors: Andrea Baranzini and Philippe Thalmann, Edward Elgar Press, pp. 126-142, 2004.
“Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Regulation,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell in Economics Institutions and Environmental Policy, Editors: Maurizio Franzini and Antonio Nicita, Ashgate Publishing, Brookfield, Vermont, pp. 75-120, 2002.
“An Institutional Analysis of US Voluntary Environmental Agreements,” Maxwell, John W. in Environmental Contracts: Comparative Approaches to Regulatory Innovation in Europe and the United States, Editors: Eric Orts and Kurt Deketelaere, Kluwer Law International, Dordrecht, pp. 333-348, 2001.
“Introduction,” Maxwell, John W. and Juergen von Hagen in Empirical Studies of Environmental Policies in Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. vii – xiv, 2000.
“An Initial Examination of the U.S. EPA’s 33/50 Program,” Maxwell, John W. in Empirical Studies of Environmental Policies in Europe, Editors: John W. Maxwell and Juergen von Hagen. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 147-168, 2000.
“Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Protection,” Lyon, Thomas P. and John W. Maxwell in Security, Trade and Environmental Policy: A US/European Union Transatlantic Agenda, Editor: Charles Bonser, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 259-266, 2000.
“Entering China’s Insurance Market,” Sun, Qixiang and John W. Maxwell. Resource, pp. 34-37, August 1997.
“Leveraging Domestic Regulations for Competitive Advantage Abroad,” Maxwell, John W. Global Connections, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 9 and 14, Fall 1997.
“Selling Sophisticated Services in China: Insurance Markets,” Sun, Qixiang and John W. Maxwell. Global Connections, Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 12 and 14, Spring 1997.
“What to do When Win-Win Won’t Work: Environmental Strategies for Costly Regulation,” Maxwell, John W. Business Horizons, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 60-63, September-October 1996.