technology. Second, we focus on the role of technological availability: using patent data for carefully selected innovations in …

sector. We use firm-level data on patents filed in renewable (REN) and fossil fuel (FF) technologies by 5,261 European firms …

of the receiving country. We test the empirical implications of our model using patent data in renewable and fossil … Moment estimator. We show that knowledge transfer through patent duplication increases with the level of IPR protection, but … more sensitive to uncertainty. Commitment to EPs also increases the incentives for patent duplication. The magnitude of the …

competition. Using information regarding renewable energy policies, product market regulation and high-quality green patents for … crucial only in the generation of high-quality green patents, whereas competition enhances the generation of green patents …

competitors. The paper examines the capacity for decentralised patent-based incentive mechanisms to result in socially optimal … incompatibility between the dynamics of the patent system and the dynamics of the resistance problem under both types of evolution …. Under scale-dependent evolution, the externalities within a patent-based system indicate that decentralised mechanisms will …

We study the impact of environmental regulations on the patent activities for wind turbines between 1980 and 2008. We …

means of mitigating climate change impacts. Relevant patents are identified and used as an indicator of innovation. We find … also find that majority of patents are first filed in OECD countries and only then in non-OECD or BRIC countries …. Conversely, non-OECD and BRIC countries apply for patents that are mostly marketed domestically. This result shows that there is …

policy. With infinite patent lifetime, the R&D subsidy should be constant and independent of the state of the environment …. However, with finite patent lifetime, optimal innovation policy depends on the stage of the environmental problem. In the … fall monotonically over time to stimulate initial R&D investments. Alternatively, with a constant R&D subsidy, patents …

energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy … increase the likelihood to file additional patents by about 3%. In contrast, energy prices have no significant effect on the … likelihood to patent. Governmental energy R&D support has a small positive significant effect on patenting activities. …