Innovation , invention , renewable energy , energy efficiency , dynamic count data
Abstract:
Many countries, especially in Europe, have ambitious goals to transform their national
energy systems towards renewable energies. Technological change in both renewable production
and efficient use of energy can help to make these targets come true. Using a panel of German
firms linked to the PATSTAT patent data, we study invention in both types of energy technologies
and how their inventors differ in terms of central firm-specific characteristics. More importantly,
we study the relation between conventional (i.e. non-energy) invention and energy invention
within the firms. The results from dynamic count data models point to a stimulating effect of
conventional inventions for energy efficiency technologies but have no effect on inventions in renewable
energies.
Das Dokument wird vom Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim bereitgestellt.
![[img]](https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png)
Search Authors in