Much of the empirical literature analysing the relation between environmental innovation and competitiveness has …, which will be disentangled in those aiming at reducing the negative externalities and those allowing for efficiency … increases and cost savings. What we analyze is at first the extent to which these two typologies have impacts on firms …

The efficiency of electricity generation in hard coal fired power plants varies considerably from country to country … abundance of hard coal or relatively low costs of extraction show smaller degrees of efficiency than countries with poor … inflows as well as the average power plant age are identified as principal drivers of power plant efficiency. From an …

rebound effect. Our analysis shows that rebound has the potential to significantly reduce the expected energy savings of an … energy efficiency improvement at households. In particular if households have a flexible demand structure, rebound can erode … large parts of efficiency increases. Household habits have an initial detrimental effect on rebound. They limit the ability …

with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do EREI firms follow distinct innovation strategies? Do EREIs spur … efficiency ; energy efficiency ; environmental innovations ; innovation surveys …Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and …

data models point to a stimulating effect of conventional inventions for energy efficiency technologies but have no effect …

Innovation ; Environmental Impacts ; Discrete Choice Models ; Regulation ; Cost Savings ; Demand Pull ; Environmental Policy … Community Innovation Survey conducted in 2009. The main purpose of the paper is to test whether different types of eco … regulation, cost savings and customer benefits. We find that current and expected government regulation is particularly important …

measures for CO2 savings. -- Choice experiment ; CO2 emissions ; Energy efficiency; Energy saving ; Mixed logit ; Residential …

Energy efficiency regulation is an important driver for innovations in environmental technologies. Improvements of … energy efficiency do not only contribute to reach envi-ronmental policy targets, they can be furthermore economically … German market. This is backed by high en-ergy efficiency standards in Europe which diffuse after some years to other …