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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945141
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Low carbon innovation in the UK : evidence from patent data
Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Martin, Ralf - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568540
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Trading Places: Employers, Unions and the Manufacture of Voice
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Willman, P - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show that over the last quarter century union voice - especially union-only voice - has been associated with poorer climate, more industrial action, poorer financial performance and poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005220075
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Catching a Wave: the Adoption of Voice and High Commitment Workplace Practices in Britain: 1984-1998
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Kretschmer, Tobias - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005
In this paper we treat workplace voice and systems of high-commitment human resource management (HCHRM) as technological innovations in order to account for the uneven diffusion patterns observed across establishments. Using British data, the paper finds that variables highlighted in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150973
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Environmental Policy and Directed Technological Change: Evidence from the European Carbon Market
Calel, Raphael; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
increased low-carbon innovation among regulated firms by as much as 10%, while not crowding out patenting for other technologies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010612941