Prior research produced contradicting evidence regarding the role of international influence in the diffusion of climate policies. To unravel this puzzle, we examine various policy instruments adopted by G20 countries, demonstrating that peer pressure stimulates convergence in the number of new...

A review article in WIREs Climate Change by Lilliestam Patt and Bersalli (2021) on the effect of carbon pricing on technological change concluded that there is no evidence for it. We published a short commentary with eight criticisms in Environmental and Resource Economics (van den Bergh and...