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Die Entwicklung der Innovationsaktivitäten in der Schweizer Wirtschaft 1997–2014
(2017)KOF StudiesReport -
Development and Utilization of Energy-related Technologies, Economic Performance and the Role of Policy Instruments
(2016)KOF Working PapersThe present study investigates the effects of energy-related technologies on economic performance at firm level. We distinguish clearly between adoption and use of energy-related technologies (process innovation in the broad sense) and product innovation in energy-related fields. We take into consideration four energy-related policy instruments (and expected demand for energy-related new products and services). We investigate the possibility ...Working Paper -
How Different Policy Instruments Affect the Creation of Green Energy Innovation: A Differentiated Perspective
(2016)KOF Working PapersBased on representative firm-level survey data for the three countries Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, we investigate the effects of regulation, energy taxes, voluntary agreements, and subsidies, on the creation of green product innovations. Our data set allows us to distinguish between the supply-side effects (cost effects) and the demand-side effects of policy measures, which improves our understanding of the frequently observed ...Working Paper -
Does Energy Policy Hurt International Competitiveness of Firms? A Comparative Study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
(2016)KOF Working PapersThis paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international competitiveness. We use firm-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. We rely on firm manager assessments on the relevance of energy policy (in ...Working Paper -
Competitiveness and ecological impacts of green energy technologies: firm-level evidence for the DACH region
(2016)KOF Working PapersFor a large sample of enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the “DACH“ region) we study the impact of various policy instruments, such as energy related taxes, subsidies, regulations and standards or negotiated agreements on the firm’s ecological and economic performance. To identify the causal linkages, we build a system of twelve equations, tracking first the impacts of policy on the adoption of green energy technologies for ...Working Paper -
The adoption of green energy technologies: The role of policies in an international comparison
(2016)KOF Working PapersWe contribute to the existing research about policy‐induced technology adoption in several ways. First, we suggest a new survey design to measure the energy‐related policy environment. Second, we simultaneously estimate the policy effects for the adoption propensity and the adoption intensity simultaneously and, third, we conduct an international comparison of the policy effects. Based on a representative sample of firms for Austria, ...Working Paper -
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Policy Spillovers: The Impact of Foreign Policy on Domestic Creation of Green Energy Innovation
(2016)KOF StudiesIn this paper, we investigate, based on a representative sample of Swiss and German firms, the impact of foreign green energy related policies on domestic innovation activities. Under control of the respective domestic policy stringency, we find a significant positive effect of foreign regulations, foreign voluntary agreements, and foreign public subsidies. However, when we introduce foreign (policy induced) demand, the significant effects ...Report -
Intra-Firm Diffusion of Green Energy Technologies and the Choice of Policy Instruments
(2015)KOF Working PapersEnvironmental benefits only unfold if green (environmentally friendly) technologies are widely diffused and intensively deployed within a firm. We investigate how different types of policies - directly and in combination - affect the number of different green energy technologies adopted by a single firm (intra-firm diffusion). Using data from a dedicated survey on the diffusion of green energy technologies of 1200 Swiss firms and applying ...Working Paper -
Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Tirol im Lichte des RCI 2013: Studie im Auftrag des ‚Land Tirol‘ Abteilung Landesentwicklung und Zukunftsstrategie
(2014)KOF StudiesDie Landesregierung von Tirol erteilte der ETH Zürich, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle den Auftrag, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Tirols im Lichte der Ergebnisse des RCI (Regional Competitiveness Index) 2013 zu untersuchen. Dabei soll vor allem der RCI als Wettbewerbsmass und dessen Ergebnisse für Tirol einer kritischen Würdigung unterzogen werden. Darüber hinaus sollen Stossrichtungen für wirtschaftspolitische Massnahmen aufgezeigt werden.Report