This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational … moderate, short-term consumption loss. Human capital is complement to all forms of innovation and an educational policy … stimulates both energy and general purpose innovation. This result has important policy implications considering the growing …

investment behaviour is to anticipate the implementation of a climate policy by roughly 10 years. Investing in innovation ahead …. This is especially relevant for China, whose recent and foreseeable trends of investments in innovation are consistent with …

and it assesses the interplay between innovation, human capital, climate change, and education policies. Results indicate …

economic growth; hence, any better understanding of the process of technological innovation is likely to increase our knowledge …&D international spillovers.The basic questions are as follows. Do knowledge spillovers enhance energy technological innovation in … different regions of the world? Does the speed of innovation increase? Or do free-riding incentives prevail and international …

This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can … innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies … technical progress in the energy sector. We evaluate a range of innovation policies, both as a stand-alone instrument and in …

This paper analyses optimal investments in innovation when dealing with a stringent climate target and with the … uncertain effectiveness of R&D. The innovation needed to achieve the deep cut in emissions is modelled by a backstop carbon … technological advancement yields higher investments in innovation and lower policy costs. We then confirm the results via a …