Does Foreign Environmental Policy Influence Domestic Innovation? Evidence from the Wind Industry

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 391-413

  Dechezleprêtre, Antoine ^a   Glachant, Matthieu ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CERNA   (France)

Author keywords

Innovation; International technology diffusion; Renewable energy policy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION BARRIERS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INNOVATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TAXATION; WIND POWER;

ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREIGN POLICY; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INVESTMENT; OECD; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

EID: 84903118007     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9705-4     Document Type: Article

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