In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

This paper studies the effect of climate change mitigating policies on innovation in clean energy technologies. Results … significant contribution to the increase in clean innovation. These effects generally materialized quickly, within 2 to 3 years of … at electricity innovation in particular, the paper finds that the estimated effect on total innovation is positive on net …