We analyze the use of patent protection as a new policy to direct technical change to clean technology. Contrary to … popular belief, it is dirty (and not clean) innovations that should be excluded from patent protection to reduce emissions. In … the shortrun, removing patent protection on dirty technology increases emissions. However, the reduced markup on dirty …

, redirecting firms' innovation activities towards ecological targets without hampering their competitiveness is of paramount … avoid sub-optimal commitment of resources to the innovation process and ensure the reduction of polluting agents emissions … chemical domain so as to draw useful insights on the effect of the policy aiming at redirecting innovation activities to …

innovative target companies. We also find that green acquirors (i.e., firms with green patents) are more inclined to enter into … enhances their post-acquisition green innovation performances. Our results also show an increase in green acquisitions after … Agreement do not show any significant impact on their post-acquisition innovation performances, raising concerns related to …

innovation tournament, we find that the principal's expected cost of implementing a given expected output are always higher under … the tournament, even though this scheme may lead to more innovation …

innovation subsidy policies is less costly than increasing the price of the polluting good alone. Moreover, a discriminating … innovation subsidy policy is preferable to a non-discriminating one …

environment, and explores the normative implications of these analyses. We begin with a brief overview of the economics of … technological change, and then examine theory and empirical evidence on invention, innovation, and diffusion and the related … suggestions for further research on technological change and the environment. …

distinguishing two dimensions of regulation, i.e. design and intensity, and their effects on innovation. The patent data is based on …We examine how different renewable energy support policies affect innovation in solar and wind power technologies. The … analysis is conducted using policy and patent data for a large sample of 194 countries and territories. The policy data allows …

environmental policy and innovation strategies of firms. This paper studies how the productivity effects of innovations vary across … the different types of environmental innovations and how environmental regulation affects the innovation and performance … estimation of innovation outputs and productivity compatibility. We apply the endogenous growth framework by including markups as …

Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which … our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with … different levels of ambition. They disseminate at different scales globally. This paper uses patent data to document trends in …