What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies? Empirical evidence from patent data

Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Matthieu Glachant and Yann Ménière ()

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Abstract: Technology transfer plays a key role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, we characterize the factors that promote or hinder the international diffusion of climate-friendly technologies using detailed patent data from 96 countries for the period 1995-2007. The data provide strong evidence that lax Intellectual Property regimes have a strong and negative impact on the international diffusion of patented knowledge. Restrictions on international trade and foreign direct investment also hinder the diffusion of climate-friendly technologies. Surprisingly, local technological capabilities tend to discourage transfers. While broad indicators of technology capabilities are expected to facilitate transfers, this latter result stems from our technology-specific definition of local capabilities, which makes it possible to capture a substitution effect between local and foreign inventions.

Keywords: climate change; technology diffusion; technology transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 O34 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2013-02-01
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Published in Environmental and Resource Economics, 1, February, 2013, 54(2), pp. 161 - 178. ISSN: 0924-6460

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Working Paper: What Drives the International Transfer of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies? Empirical Evidence from Patent Data (2010)
Working Paper: What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies? Empirical evidence from patent data (2009)
Working Paper: What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies? Empirical evidence from patent data (2009)
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