Innovation Processes and Environmental Safety

Cristian Barra, Giovanna Bimonte (gbimonte@unisa.it) and Luigi Senatore
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Giovanna Bimonte: CELPE - Centre of Labour Economics and Economic Policy, University of Salerno - Italy, Postal: via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 - Fisciano (SA), ITALY, http://docenti.unisa.it/021834/home

No 141, CELPE Discussion Papers from CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new index that is able to point out the important relationship between environmental protection and investments in innovation processes. We identify the index with the acronym EICI (Environmental Innovation Comparative Index). This new empirical tool can help to explain how the level of innovation can determine different levels of air pollution in the world. We use OLS models to investigate how this new index impacts the variations in greenhouse gas emissions, and we underline some fundamental policy implications. Considering the levels of the EICI and the empirical analysis of the role of this index then we conclude that enforcing new environmental agreements with some fundamental rules, as the incentive to reduce the technological gaps among the countries, is crucial to protect the environment and at same time stimulate the investment for innovation in all countries of the world.

Keywords: Kyoto Agreement; Environmental Index; OLS model; Environmental Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 Q50 Q52 Q55 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2016-12-30
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