Innovation in Green Energy Technologies and the Economic Performance of Firms

Juergen Kruse ()
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Juergen Kruse: Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln (EWI), Postal: Vogelsanger Str. 321a, 50827 Koeln, Germany

No 2016-2, EWI Working Papers from Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln (EWI)

Abstract: In this article, I empirically analyze and compare the impact of innovation in green and non-green energy technologies on the economic performance of firms. My analysis is conducted on a panel of 8,619 patenting firms including 968 green energy patenters from 22 European countries over the period 2003 to 2010. I measure economic firm performance in terms of productivity and use a panel data model based on an extended Cobb-Douglas production function. My results show that green energy innovation has a statistically significant negative impact on economic firm performance. In contrast, non-green energy innovation is shown to have a statistically significant positive impact on economic firm performance. These findings suggest that private economic returns in terms of productivity are lower for green energy than for non-green energy innovation.

Keywords: green energy technologies; innovation; performance; patents; technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 L25 O31 Q40 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2016-02-24
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