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Technology invention and diffusion in residential energy consumption : a stochastic frontier approach
Marin, Giovanni; Palma, Alessandro - 2015
Traditional large appliances absorb a large share of residential electricity consumption and represent important targets of energy policy strategies aimed at achieving energy security. Despite being characterized by rather mature technologies, this group of appliances still offers large...
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Environmental policy design and the fragmentation of international markets for innovation
Johnstone, Nick; Hascic, Ivan - 2009
It has long been argued that the implementation of market-based environmental policy instruments such as environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of regulation such as technology-based standards. One of the...
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopulos, Stelios - 2013
This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a society's history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances did not lead to a collapse of...
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Climate mitigation and adaptation in Africa : evidence from patent data
Haščič, Ivan; Silva, Jérôme; Johnstone, Nick - 2012
This paper presents comparative data on innovation in selected climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies in the context of Africa. Such analysis informs policy aimed at encouraging international technology transfer and development of domestic innovation capacities. We present...
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Social Networks and Renewable Energy Technology Adoption : Empirical Evidence from Biogas Adoption in China
He, Pan; Lovo, Stefania; Veronesi, Marcella - 2022
We provide novel empirical evidence on the association between social networks and the adoption of renewable energy technology. We distinguish between two main transmission mechanisms through which social networks can affect renewable energy technology adoption: information diffusion and social...
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Comovement and catch-up in productivity across sectors : evidence from the OECD
Cornwell, Christopher Mark; Wächter, Jens-Uwe - 1999
A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined … whether departures from the frontier - country-level inefficiencies - exhibit long-run relationships and convergence. The … studies have found not to display convergence, shows signs of catch-up. …
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Spatial spillovers and world energy intensity convergence
Balado-Naves, Roberto; Baños-Pino, José; Mayor, Matías - In: Energy economics 124 (2023), pp. 1-13
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Technological diffusion and managing the associated economic transitions in Ireland
Seitani, Haruki; Westmore, Ben - 2020
Technological change is transforming Ireland’s economic structures, leading to new jobs and innovative products that benefit consumers. Adoption of new technologies by businesses has been high relative to many other OECD economies, but it has been uneven across industries and the impact on...
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Technological diffusion as a recombinant process
Gkotsis, Petros; Vezzani, Antonio - 2016
In this work we analyse patterns of technological development using patent applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over the 1973-2012 period. Our study focuses on the combinations of technological fields within patent documents and their evolution in time, which can...
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Chapter 17. The Diffusion of New Technology
Stoneman, Paul; Battisti, Giuliana - 2010
Technological diffusion is defined widely as the process by which the market for a new technology changes over time and from which production and usage patterns of new products and production processes result. This chapter looks at both the demand and supply sides of this process at differing...
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