energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy …. -- Innovation ; Technological Change ; Patents ; Energy-Efficiency ; Buildings ; Environmental Policy …

A major concern regarding innovation in clean technologies in the EU is that the fragmentation of its innovation system … hindering the movement towards the technological frontier. This paper evaluates the fragmentation of the EU innovation system in … integration of EU countries’ innovation efforts and to assess how citation patterns changed over time. We show that EU RES …

-country differences in the efficiency of foreign technology absorption and indigenous innovation lead to cross-country divergence in the … undertaking indigenous innovation tends to gain a higher level of energy productivity. …

change, and in Part 3, we focus on issues related to the empirical analysis of technology innovation and diffusion. Finally …

This paper analyzes the effect of environmental policies on the direction of energy innovation across countries over … second regime, market-based policies are moderately effective in promoting renewable innovation, while command …-and-control policies depress fossil based innovation. Finally, market-based policies are more effective to consolidate a green comparative …

The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …