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- Title
What Drives the International Transfer of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies? Empirical Evidence from Patent Data.
- Authors
Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Glachant, Matthieu; Ménière, Yann
- Abstract
Technology transfer plays a key role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, we characterize the factors that promote or hinder the international diffusion of climate-friendly technologies using detailed patent data from 96 countries for the period 1995-2007. The data provide strong evidence that lax Intellectual Property regimes have a strong and negative impact on the international diffusion of patented knowledge. Restrictions on international trade and foreign direct investment also hinder the diffusion of climate-friendly technologies. Surprisingly, local technological capabilities tend to discourage transfers. While broad indicators of technology capabilities are expected to facilitate transfers, this latter result stems from our technology-specific definition of local capabilities, which makes it possible to capture a substitution effect between local and foreign inventions.
- Subjects
CLIMATE change mitigation; EMPIRICAL research; PATENT databases; TECHNOLOGY transfer; GLOBALIZATION; GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; INTELLECTUAL property; FOREIGN investments
- Publication
Environmental & Resource Economics, 2013, Vol 54, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0924-6460
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10640-012-9592-0