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Environmental performance and regional innovation spillovers
Costantini, Valeria; Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna - 2010
The achievement of positive environmental performance at national level could strongly depend on differences in local …, innovation spillovers and regional policies in shaping the geographical distribution of environmental performance achievements …. -- Environmental Performance ; Technological Innovation ; Regional Spillovers ; Polluting Emissions ; Italian Regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736775
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Improving the energy-efficiency of buildings : the impact of environmental policy on technological innovation
Noailly, Joëlle - 2010
This paper investigates the impact of alternative environmental policy instruments on technological innovations aiming to improve energy-efficiency in buildings. The empirical analysis focuses on three main types of policy instruments, namely regulatory energy standards in buildings codes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736817
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The linkage between income distribution and clean energy investments : addressing financing cost
Ameli, Nadia; Kammen, Daniel M. - 2012
With a focus on alternative methods for accelerating clean energy policy adoption, this study introduces an innovative financing scheme for renewable and energy efficiency deployment. Financing barriers represent a notable obstacle for energy improvements and this is particularly the case for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506374
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The SO2 allowance trading system and the clean air act amendments of 1990 : reflections on twenty years of policy innovation
Chan, Gabriel; Stavins, Robert N.; Stowe, Robert; … - 2012
, investigates critically the design, enactment, implementation, performance, and implications of this path-breaking application of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506424
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The future prospect of PV and CSP solar technologies : an expert elicitation survey
Bosetti, Valentina; Catenacci, Michela; Fiorese, Giulia; … - 2012
In this paper we present and discuss the results of an expert elicitation survey on solar technologies. Sixteen leading European experts from the academic world, the private sector and international institutions took part in this expert elicitation survey on Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486591
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Advanced biofuels : future perspectives from an expert elicitation survey
Fiorese, Giulia; Catenacci, Michela; Verdolini, Elena; … - 2012
This paper illustrates the main results of an expert elicitation survey on advanced (second and third generation) biofuel technologies. The survey focuses on eliciting probabilistic information on the future costs of advanced biofuels and on the potential role of RD&D (Research, Development and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009628097
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Regulatory distance and the transfer of new environmentally sound technologies : evidence from the automobile sector
Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - 2012
This article examines the impact of environmental regulation within countries as well as regulatory distance between countries on international technology transfer. We employ a recently-assembled dataset of automobile emission standards and corresponding data on non-resident patent filing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009539307
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Land competitiveness and leakage concerns and border carbon adjustments
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009634265
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ETS and technological innovation : a random matching model
Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone; Sodini, Mauro - 2012
The present paper investigates the functioning of an Emission Trading System (ETS) and its impact on the diffusion of environmental-friendly technological innovation in the presence of firms' strategic behaviours and sanctions to non-compliant firms. For this purpose, we study an evolutionary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009634267
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Environmental regulations, market structure and technological progress in renewable energy technology : a panel data study on wind turbines
Rübbelke, Dirk T. G.; Weiss, Pia - 2011
We study the impact of environmental regulations on the patent activities for wind turbines between 1980 and 2008. We explicitly control for energy market liberalisation and take a potential interaction between liberalisation and policy instruments into account. We find a strong and highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008934650