Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry

Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between dirty (internal combustion engine) and clean (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show that firms tend...

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Published in:NBER Working Paper Series 2012-12, p.18596
Main Authors: Aghion, Philippe, Dechezleprêtre, Antoine, Hemous, David, Martin, Ralf, John van Reenen
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Automobile industry
Carbon dioxide
Clean technology
Climate change
Climate science
Economic theory
Economics
Emissions
Environmental policy
Environmental tax
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Innovations
Per capita
Studies
Taxes
Technological change
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Carbon dioxide
Clean technology
Climate change
Climate science
Economic theory
Economics
Emissions
Environmental policy
Environmental tax
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Innovations
Per capita
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Taxes
Technological change
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