This paper analyzes the adoption of energy-efficiency enhancing technologies by heterogeneous firms. The fact that … energy use does not only cause external environmental costs through pollution, but also directly affects the profitability of … energy use …

the related coping strategies produce some kind of externalities toward others. Whether they are positive or negative, the … presence of externalities may lead the system towards Pareto-dominated states. In this work, we study under and over … externalities to other agents. We distinguish adaptation technologies between maladaptation and mitigation ones, depending on the …

instruments such as energy-related taxes, subsidies, standards and negotiated agreements, or other regulations on the firm … impacts of policy on the adoption of green energy technologies for distinct areas. In a second set of equations, we estimate … the perceived impacts of adoption on the firm's energy efficiency, carbon emissions and competitiveness. The results …