Environmental Policies and Directed Technological Change

Klaus Gugler, Florian Szücs and Thomas Wiedenhofer

No 355, Department of Economics Working Paper Series from WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Abstract: This article evaluates if and to which extent policy can steer innovation towards eco-friendly technologies. We construct a cross-country dataset on sectoral green innovation and complement it with data on policies designed to address environmental market failures: environmental taxes, regulation, and R&D subsidies. While all of these tools exert a positive effect on green innovation, our IV estimates reveal substantial heterogeneities across policies. Overall, green innovation reacts most strongly to R&D subsidies for renewables, but interaction effects between different policies need to be considered.

Keywords: climate change; environmental policies; directed technological change; green patents; regulation; taxes; R&D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12
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