Technology variation vs. R&D uncertainty: What matters most for energy patent success?

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 505-533

  Popp, David ^a,b   Santen, Nidhi ^c   Fisher Vanden, Karen ^d   Webster, Mort ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Climate change; Energy efficiency; Patents; R D; Technological change; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; PATENTS; QUANTILE REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY VARIATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RESEARCH; SOLAR ENERGY;

TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887818528     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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