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Human Capital, Innovation, and Climate Policy: An Integrated Assessment
Carraro, Carlo; Cian, Enrica De; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational … moderate, short-term consumption loss. Human capital is complement to all forms of innovation and an educational policy … stimulates both energy and general purpose innovation. This result has important policy implications considering the growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904922
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Clean and Dirty International Technology Diffusion
Bosetti, Valentina; Verdolini, Elena - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
This paper investigates the role of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and Environmental Policies (EPs) on clean (renewable) and dirty (fossil-based) technology diffusion from top-innovators. IPR protection and EPs are extensively debated policy tools, as IPR protection addresses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010833937
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Spatial Development
Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540415
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At Home and Abroad: An Empirical Analysis of Innovation and Diffusion in Energy-Efficient Technologies
Verdolini, Elena; Galeotti, Marzio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
This paper contributes to the induced innovation literature by extending the analysis of supply and demand determinants … of innovation in energy-efficient technologies to account for international knowledge flows and spillovers. In the first … the supply and demand determinants of innovation accounting for international knowledge spillovers. Our results confirm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489595
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Innovation and Institutional Ownership
Aghion, Philippe; Reenen, John Van; Zingales, Luigi - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642166
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Price Competition and Product Differentiation when Consumers Care for the Environment
Conrad, Klaus - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
Increasing environmental awareness may affect the pleasure of consuming a good for which an environmental friendly substitute is available. When deciding to buy differentiated products, a compromise is sometimes made between preferred characteristics of the good and its environmental properties....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385334
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Cartel Sustainability and Cartel Stability
Escrihuela-Villar, Marc - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
The paper studies how does the size of a cartel affect the possibility that its members can sustain a collusive agreement. I obtain that collusion is easier to sustain the larger the cartel is. Then, I explore the implications of this result on the incentives of firms to participate in a cartel....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385360
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The Opening of the European Electricity Market and Environmental Policy: Does the Degree of Competition Matter?
Bigano, Andrea; Proost, Stef - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
This paper studies the relevance of strategic trade effects in the environmental policy for the European electricity sector. The production, investment and trade of electricity are modelled for four European countries. Three market regimes are distinguished: perfect competition, price regulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385443
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Investment in Tourism Market: A Dynamic Model of Differentiated Oligopoly
Cellini, Roberto; Candela, Guido - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
We present a theoretical model in tourism economics, assuming that the market for tourism is an oligopoly with differentiated products. Destinations (i.e., countries, regions, sites or even firms) can invest in order to improve their carrying capacity that can be interpreted as the stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385467
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Do International Roaming Alliances Harm Consumers?
Bühler, Benno - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
We develop a model of international roaming in which mobile network operators (MNOs) compete both on the wholesale market to sell roaming services to foreign operators and on the retail market for subscribers. The operators own a network infrastructure only in their home country. To allow their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502118