This paper uses patent data to assess policy factors (domestic and international) for patenting activity in automotive emission control technologies. Particular attention is paid to the role of different policy types and fuel prices on both post-combustion and integrated abatement technologies....

The paper compares emission taxes, subsidies, permits and credits with respect to the incentives they create to enhance technology diffusion under imperfect competition. Forms can adopt a dirty technology or a clean abatement technology. When the clean and dirty products are perfect substitutes,...

This article presents a market-based idea to compensate for earthquake damage caused by the extraction of natural gas and applies it to the case of Groningen in the Netherlands. Earthquake certificates give homeowners a right to yearly compensation for both property damage and degradation of...