Environmental Policies and Innovation in Renewable Energy

By Luca Bettarelli, Davide Furceri, Pietro Pizzuto, Nadia Shakoor

September 1, 2023

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Luca Bettarelli, Davide Furceri, Pietro Pizzuto, and Nadia Shakoor. Environmental Policies and Innovation in Renewable Energy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed December 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper investigates the effect of Climate Change Policies (CCPs) on green innovation, for a sample of 40 advanced and emerging market economies and 5 economic sectors, during the period 2000-2021. Our results suggest that CCPs increase green patents, with the effect increasing gradually over time. The effect is larger for non-market-based policies—such as R&D subsidies—and technology-support instruments, in countries with greater competitiveness and during periods of stronger economic activity—that is, higher GDP growth, lower uncertainty and financial stress. The results based on a difference-in-differences approach suggest that the positive effect of stricter CCPs on green innovation is stronger in sectors with limited financial constraints.

Subject: Climate change, Climate policy, Competition, Environment, Environmental policy, Financial markets, Renewable energy

Keywords: CCPS increase, Climate change, Climate change policy, Climate policy, Competition, Diff-in-diff approach, Effect of Climate Change Policies, Environmental policy, Global, Green patents, Innovation, Innovation in renewable energy, Renewable energy, Technology-support instrument, Technology-support policy

Publication Details

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55
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Working Paper No. 2023/180
Stock No:

WPIEA2023180
ISBN:

9798400251658
ISSN:

1018-5941

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