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Umweltpolitik und Innovation: Grundlegende Begriffe und Zusammenhänge

Hemmelskamp, Jens - 1996

Im Rückgriff auf die Innovationsforschung wird ein Ansatz für eine gemeinsame Sprache und eine konsistente Systematik für Innovationen im Umweltbereich entwickelt. Dazu werden einige allgemeine Begriffsdefinitionen der Innovationsforschung erläutert, der Begriff Umweltinnovation eingeführt...

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Towards a Theory and Policy of Eco-Innovation - Neoclassical and (Co-)Evolutionary Perspectives

Rennings, Klaus - 1998

approaches have their merits and limits concerning a theory and policy of ecoinnovation. Neoclassical methods are most elaborated … question is if innovations toward sustainability can be treated like normal innovations or if a specific theory and policy are … social and institutional innovation in both eco-innovation theory and policy. …

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Lead Markets of Environmental Innovations: A Framework for Innovation and Environmental Economics

Rennings, Klaus; Beise, Marian - 2003

Environmental regulations often want to stimulate the generation and adoption of ecoefficient innovations. An important argument in the public debate is also the creation of new markets for environmentally benign products, processes and services that other countries adopt and therefore generate...

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Environmental policy instruments and their effects on innovation

Hemmelskamp, Jens - 1996

The influence of environmental policy on innovative behaviour of companies has so far recieved little attention in scientific discourse. Based on recent literature, the paper analyses the impact of requirements, levies, permits, liability laws, and the EC-eco- audit regulation with respect to...

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Green technology policies versus carbon pricing: An intergenerational perspective

Rausch, Sebastian; Yonezawa, Hidemichi - 2023

Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing. We propose a new explanation for this observation: gains that predominantly accrue to households with large capital assets and that influence majority decisions in...

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Employment impacts of cleaner production: evidence from a German study using case studies and surveys

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Rennings, Klaus - 1999

The study assesses net employment effects of technical progress which can be expected by the ongoing transition from end-of-pipe technologies towards cleaner production. Empirical evidence is presented on the basis of case studies and panel data including a telephone survey in German industry....

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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level: empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries

Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001

This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...

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The Determinants and Effects of Environmental Product Innovations - An Analysis on the Basis of Case Studies

Tuerpitz, Katharina - 2003

The aim of the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) is to promote product-related eco-innovations. These, in turn, depend on both support for the development of environmentally-friendly products and stimulation of demand for such products. However, it is companies that play the crucial role in the...

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Unmasking the Porter hypothesis: Environmental innovations and firm-profitability

Rexhäuser, Sascha; Rammer, Christian - 2011

We examine impacts of different types of environmental innovations on firm profits. Following Porter's (1991) hypothesis that environmental regulation can improve firms' competitiveness we distinguish regulation induced and voluntary environmental innovations. We find that innovations which...

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Technological Uncertainty and Cost-effectiveness of CO2 Emission Trading Schemes

Otto, Vincent M.; Löschel, Andreas - 2008

Internalisierung von technologischen Externalitäten und somit ein höheres Wohlfahrtsniveau ermöglicht. Die Umweltpolitik sollte gegeben …

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