energy. The analysis is conducted using patent data on a panel of 25 countries over the period 1978-2003. It is found that … effective for different renewable energy sources …

likely to be misleading. However, other common arguments for subsidizing renewable power - green jobs, energy security and … driving down fossil energy prices - are unlikely to substantially alter the analysis. The role of intellectual property … spillovers is a strong argument for subsidizing energy science research, but less persuasive as an enhancement to the value of …

Greater use of renewable energy is seen as a key component of any move to combat climate change, and is being … renewable energy. This paper surveys what is written and adds to it. The conclusion is that the main renewables face a major …, much of the decarbonization of the economy will have to come from nuclear, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and energy …

We examine the effect of in-state and out-of-state renewable energy policies on wind energy patenting. Using a …

Policies supporting investment in renewable electricity have been a cornerstone of climate policy in many parts of the …

On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58). This was the first major piece of … energy legislation enacted since 1992 following five years of Congressional efforts to pass energy legislation. Among other …-existing initiatives that the law extends as well as new initiatives. In this paper I survey federal tax energy policy focusing both on …

This chapter reviews literature on the distributional effects of environmental and energy policy. In particular, many …

Federal tax policy provides a broad array of incentives for energy investment. I review those policies and construct … estimates of marginal effective tax rates for different energy capital investments as of 2007. Effective tax rates vary widely … across investment classes. I then consider investment in wind generation capital and regress investment against a user cost …