Green inventions and greenhouse gas emission dynamics: a close examination of provincial Italian data

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 247-263

  Weina, Ding ^a   Gilli, Marianna ^b   Mazzanti, Massimiliano ^b   Nicolli, Francesco ^c  

^a Bank Of China   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2 emission; Environmental performance; Green patents; IPAT; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944555201     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-015-0126-1     Document Type: Article

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