Regional drivers of green inventions in OECD countries

Paulo Vitor Levate (), Eduardo Gonçalves () and Juliana Gonçalves Taveira ()
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Paulo Vitor Levate: Federal University of Juiz de Fora – Brazil
Eduardo Gonçalves: Federal University of Juiz de Fora – Brazil
Juliana Gonçalves Taveira: Federal University of Juiz de Fora – Brazil

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2021, vol. 14, issue 3, No 8, 335-354

Abstract: Abstract One of the main current concerns of countries worldwide has been to develop green inventions and thus promote sustainable growth. However, the literature is yet to thoroughly discuss the drivers influencing the production of green inventions at a regional level. This paper assesses key constraints on the production of green inventions regionally, such as green and fossil fuel path dependence-related drivers, including R&D intensity, knowledge spillovers, degree of industrialization, and GDP per capita. The analysis comprises a panel of 187 regions from 21 OECD countries from 1990 to 2016 and uses System GMM. The econometric estimations reveal that path-dependence drivers influence green and fossil fuel patents. Evidence also shows that a positive relationship between the production of green inventions and R&D intensity, levels of GDP per capita, degree of economic development, and knowledge spillovers.

Keywords: Green inventions; Fossil-fuel inventions; Patents; Path dependence; OECD regions; System GMM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s12076-021-00284-3

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