The political economy of energy innovation

Shouro Dasgupta, Enrica De Cian () and Elena Verdolini

No wp-2016-17, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the effects of environmental policy, institutions, political orientation, and lobbying on energy innovation and finds that they significantly affect the incentives to innovate and create cleaner energy efficient technologies.

Keywords: Environmental policy; Political science; Renewable energy; Technological innovations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Working Paper: The Political Economy of Energy Innovation (2016)
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