Directing technical change from fossil-fuel to renewable energy innovation: An application using firm-level patent data

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-37

  Noailly, Joëlle ^a   Smeets, Roger ^b  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directed technical change; Fossil fuel energy; Heterogeneous firms; Innovation; Patents; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FOSSIL FUELS;

DIRECTED TECHNICAL CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY; HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS; PATENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ENERGY RESOURCE; FIRM SIZE; FOSSIL FUEL; INNOVATION; MARKET SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84937243125     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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