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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 306, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127061
Keywords
Environmental innovation; Democracy; Inequality; Patent data
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This study found that income distribution, economic growth, and democratization are crucial for supporting green technological change, with complementary effects. Government redistribution policies and democratization are vital for the diffusion of green technologies.
This work analyses the factors influencing the development of new eco-friendly innovations. We focused our attention in particular on the role played by income distribution and government institutions, two elements which impact is generally neglected by the existing academic literature. Thanks to a long crosssectional panel at country level, results show that inequality reduction, economic growth and democratization played a key role in supporting green technological change, and that their effect is complementary. In light of these findings, redistribution policies combined with democratization became vital for the diffusion of green technologies. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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