intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection in determining innovation in developing countries (South). We show that although … through which the knowledge acquired by emigrants abroad can flow back to the South and enhance the skills of the remaining … workers there. By increasing the size of the innovation sector and the skill-intensity of emigration, IPRs protection makes it …

Innovation is a key element behind the achievement of desired environmental and economic performances. Regarding CO2 … complementarity, namely integration, between the adoption of environmental innovation measures and other technological and … productivity. We merge new EU CIS and WIOD meso level data to assess the innovation effects on sector CO2 performances at a wide EU …

flows of environmental goods, environmental policies, as well as innovation activities, all foster competitive advantages of … green exports. Public policies and private innovation patterns trigger higher efficiency in the production process, thus … debated at European Union level. -- Environmental Policies ; Porter Hypothesis ; Technological Innovation ; Export …

a shift-share approach with spatial econometric modelling. We provide evidence of the role played by internal innovation …, innovation spillovers and regional policies in shaping the geographical distribution of environmental performance achievements …. -- Environmental Performance ; Technological Innovation ; Regional Spillovers ; Polluting Emissions ; Italian Regions …

-2008 through analyses of the new wave of Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data that covered for the first time environmental … innovation adoptions. We investigate whether the first phase of EU ETS has exerted some effects on environmental innovations by … instead to be weak: it drives innovation if we compare ETS and non ETS firms, but the stringency itself does not matter, due …