. The paper then analyses the innovation activity – including inventive activity by country and technology, international … although innovation activity in water-related technologies has been increasing over the last two decades, this growth has been … disproportionately concentrated on supply-side technologies. Moreover, most innovation worldwide occurs in countries with low or moderate …

This article uses patent data to examine the impact of public environmental policy on innovations in environment … obtained from the European Patent Office (EPO) World Patent Statistical (PATSTAT) database and the World Economic Forum's (WEF … and environmental policy stringency on environment-related innovation. A subsequent two-stage model assesses the factors …

In this contribution we describe how green policies should be designed to activate private innovation forces for … private green innovation machine. We try to assess how strong which types of government interventions have and can be to power … the green innovation machine. An important insight from the economic analysis of the effectiveness of the public …

Drawing upon the literature on environmental innovation and social metabolism, this paper investigates whether …

environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of … database of patent applications from a cross-section of countries evidence is provided for the positive effect of flexibility … aspects of product and labour market regulation which have implications for technological innovation, such as product and …

Climate Change ; Mitigation Technologies ; Patent Data …

study analyses the OECD patent database for G20 countries to identify dominant sectors and technologies. Energy and …

This paper uses the EPO/OECD World Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) to provide a quantitative description of the … a global scale. Statistics suggest that innovation has mostly been driven by energy prices until 1990. Since then …, environmental policies, and climate policies more recently, have accelerated the pace of innovation. Innovation is highly …

This article summarizes the major policy recommendations contained in the book, "Permissionless Innovation: The … permissionless innovation and explains how technological advancement is the fundamental driver of long-term economic growth and human …