This paper presents a scoping investigation of environment-friendly innovation, price and policy signals in Germany …. The variables for sustainable innovation (special patent indicators) and for rational expectations (real crude oil import … to shed some light on the issue whether price signals spur innovation processes in the long run and how, in the short run …

This paper considers the innovation dynamics in OECD countries since the beginning of the 1990s. Special attention is … products and processes. Among the OECD countries leading in innovation, Europe is loosing strength, although R&D has … doubtlessly become more important in the innovation process of the manufacturing sector, but in particular in the service sector …