Carbon taxes, path dependency, and directed technical change: Evidence from the auto industry

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-51

  Aghion, Philippe ^a   Dechezleprêtre, Antoine ^b   Hémous, David ^c   Martin, Ralf ^d   van Reenen, John ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSEAD   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; PANEL DATA; POLLUTION TAX; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84957357771     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684581     Document Type: Article

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