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The effects of climate policy on the rate and direction of innovation: a survey of the EU ETS and the electricity sector
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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:36 authored by Tobias S Schmidt, Malte Schneider, Karoline RoggeKaroline Rogge, Martin J A Schuetz, Volker F HoffmannThis article aims to empirically assess the impact of climate policy on technological change—a core objective of climate policy—by focussing on the changes it causes in the rate and direction of corporate innovation activities. To this end, we develop a cross-sectional framework based on concepts from evolutionary economics and organizational theory and, resting upon this framework, develop a set of hypotheses. We test these hypotheses using novel survey data on the electricity sector in seven EU countries. We find that the EU emission trading system (ETS) has limited and even controversial effects, and that long-term emission reduction targets are an important determinant of corporate innovation activities. Furthermore, technology policies emerge as an important element of the policy mix complementing climate policy. Based on our findings in this study, we make recommendations for policy makers on how to improve the existing policy mix.
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Environmental Innovation and Societal TransitionsISSN
2210-4224Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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2Volume
2012Page range
23-48Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2015-01-19Usage metrics
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