Does Host Market Regulation Induce Cross Border Environmental Innovation?

Antonello Zanfei () and Giovanni Marin
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Antonello Zanfei: Department of Economics, Society & Politics, Università di Urbino "Carlo Bo"

No 1803, Working Papers from University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics, Society & Politics - Scientific Committee - L. Stefanini & G. Travaglini

Abstract: This paper evaluates the effect of host-country environmental policy stringency on the offshoring of environmental patents for 2000 top world R&D performers. It is shown that a more stringent environmental regulation triggers both the extensive and intensive margin of patent offshoring in the field of environmental technologies. Results are robust to various different specifications, alternative definitions of innovation offshoring and of regulation restrictions, and to the consideration of possible endogeneity of regulation. It is suggested inter alia that R&D subsidies and non-market based regulatory measures are more important than market-based instruments as drivers of cross-border environmental innovation Length: 26 pages

Keywords: MNE; environmental policy; patent data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F23 O33 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018, Revised 2018
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-env, nep-ino, nep-ipr, nep-reg, nep-sbm and nep-tid
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Journal Article: Does host market regulation induce cross‐border environmental innovation? (2019)
Working Paper: Does Host Market Regulation Induce Cross Border Environmental Innovation? (2018)
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