striking improvements in internal combustion engine technology, air pollution in most urban areas is still measured at levels … quality by means of technological innovation, adopting legislation that promoted clean vehicles, prominently among them …, electric vehicles (EVs). In California, policymakers chose a technology-forcing approach, setting ambitious goals (e.g., zero …

dynamics of growth rates and terms of trade when the industry-based economy is the innovation leader, while the tourism …

basically depends on material and relational goods, we show that the best-case scenarios hold when technology and social capital … technology and social interaction balance one another in fostering the growth of both the social and the private sector of the … economy. Along such tracks, technology may play a crucial role in supporting a “socially sustainable” economic growth. …

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 …

clean (renewable) and dirty (fossil-based) technology diffusion from top-innovators. IPR protection and EPs are extensively … efficient power technologies for 13 top innovating countries and 40 patenting authorities. We improve on previous contributions … effect is conditional on the nature of the technology and on the specific policy instrument. …

to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology …

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 …

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 …