Environmental regulation and the cross-border diffusion of new technology: Evidence from automobile patents

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 244-257

  Dechezleprêtre, Antoine ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a   Perkins, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; International technology diffusion; Patents; Pollution control technologies

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

AUTOMOBILE EMISSION; INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION; INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; PATENTS; POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY; REGULATORY STANDARDS; REGULATORY STRINGENCY; RESEARCH DESIGNS;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 85027936016     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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