Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144861 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
EWI Working Paper No. 16/02
Publisher: 
Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI), Köln
Abstract: 
In this article, I empirically analyze and compare the impact of innovation in green and non-green energy technologies on the economic performance of firms. My analysis is conducted on a panel of 8,619 patenting firms including 968 green energy patenters from 22 European countries over the period 2003 to 2010. I measure economic firm performance in terms of productivity and use a panel data model based on an extended Cobb-Douglas production function. My results show that green energy innovation has a statistically significant negative impact on economic firm performance. In contrast, nongreen energy innovation is shown to have a statistically significant positive impact on economic firm performance. These findings suggest that private economic returns in terms of productivity are lower for green energy than for non-green energy innovation.
Subjects: 
green energy technologies
innovation
performance
patents
technological change
JEL: 
C33
L25
O31
Q40
Q55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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