Green growth and the role of innovation

electric_carWe explore the potential of green policies to generate economic growth through innovation, in particular as a consequence of knowledge spillovers from clean technologies.

 

 

 

 

Key publications

K. Neuhoff; W. Acworth; A. Dechezleprêtre; O. Sartor; M. Sato, S. Droege; S.Schleicher; A. Schopp. 2014. Staying with the Leaders: Europe’s Path to a Successful Low-Carbon Economy
Report explores the transition to a secure, affordable low-carbon economy which requires action on three broad pillars of policy.
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Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Ralf Martin and Myra Mohnen, 2013. Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: a patent citation analysis
How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies?
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Dechezleprêtre, A., Glachant, M. July 2013. Does foreign environmental policy influence domestic innovation? Evidence from the wind industry. In: Environmental and Resource Economics.
This paper analyses the relative influence of domestic and foreign demand-pull policies in wind power across OECD countries on the rate of innovation in this technology.
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Antoine Dechezleprêtre, 2013. Fast-tracking “green” patent applications: an empirical analysis
This paper presents the first empirical analysis of programmes to fast-track ‘green’ patent applications in place in seven Intellectual Property offices around the world.
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Sam Fankhausera, Alex Bowena, Raphael Calela, Antoine Dechezleprêtrea, David Groverb, James Rydgea, Misato Satoa. 2013. Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation
This paper combines patent data with international trade and output data in order to investigate who the winners of the “green race” might be.
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Philippe Aghion, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, David Hemous, Ralf Martin and John Van Reenen. 2012. Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry
Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change?
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Dechezleprêtre, A., Glachant, M., Ménière, Y. February 2013. What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies? Empirical evidence from patent data. Environmental and Resource Economics, v.54, pp.161-178.
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Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Ralf Martin. 2010. Low-carbon innovation in the UK: evidence from patent data
UK policy makers increasingly see new technologies related to the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a potential source of income growth for the UK economy.
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