Aghion, Philippe 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Dechezlepretre, Antoine, Hemous, David, Martin, Ralf and Van Reenen, John ORCID: 0000-0001-9153-2907
(2012)
Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry.
CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1178).
London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
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Abstract
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 to innovate relatively more in clean technologies when they face higher tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow clean to overtake dirty technologies.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/series.asp?... |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Economics Grantham Research Institute Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance |
| JEL classification: | L - Industrial Organization > L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing > L62 - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2013 16:17 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2025 01:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/48936 |
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