The Impact of Energy Prices on Green Innovation

Ley, Marius; Stucki, Tobias; Woerter, Martin (2016). The Impact of Energy Prices on Green Innovation The Energy Journal, 37(1), pp. 41-75. 10.5547/01956574.37.1.mley

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Based on patent data and industry specific energy prices for 18 OECD countries over 30 years we investigate on an industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and green innovation activities are positively related and that energy prices have a significantly positive impact on the ratio of green innovations to non-green innovations. More concretely, our main model shows that a 10% increase of the average energy prices over the previous five years results in a 3.4% and 4.8% increase of the number of green innovations and the ratio of green innovations to non-green innovations, respectively. We also find that the impact of energy prices increases with an increasing lag between energy prices and innovation activities. Robustness tests confirm the main results.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

Business School > Institute for Sustainable Business
Business School

Name:

Ley, Marius;
Stucki, Tobias0000-0002-2400-0107 and
Woerter, Martin

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tobias Stucki

Date Deposited:

29 Jan 2019 14:37

Last Modified:

18 Dec 2020 13:27

Publisher DOI:

10.5547/01956574.37.1.mley

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Innovation, Environment, Energy prices

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.85

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/85

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