Carbon dioxide reducing environmental innovations, sector upstream/downstream integration and policy: evidence from the EU

Empirica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 709-735

  Mazzanti, Massimiliano ^a   Marin, Giovanni ^b   Mancinelli, Susanna ^a   Nicolli, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon abatement; Environmental innovations; EU; Induced effects; Innovation adoption; Input output; NAMEA; Sector integration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; POLICY APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 85105771717     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: 15736911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-014-9273-z     Document Type: Article

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