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Die europäische Union gehört bisher zu den Vorreitern beim Klimaschutz. Ein internationaler Vergleich zeigt, dass es mittlerweile eine Reihe von weiteren Ländern gibt, die ebenfalls eine aktive Energie- und Klimapolitik verfolgen. Sie investieren zunehmend in erneuerbare Energien,...
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Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show that...
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This paper investigates the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on technological change. We exploit installations-level inclusion criteria to estimate the impact of the EU ETS on firms patenting. We find that the EU ETS has increased low-carbon innovation among regulated firms by...
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