Essays about: "Alessandro Festante"

Found 1 essay containing the words Alessandro Festante.

  1. 1. Can carbon taxes stimulate clean innovation? Evidence from the Swedish experience

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Linnea Englund Davidsson; Alessandro Festante; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate policy; National Carbon Tax; Clean Innovation; Synthetic Control Method;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the impact of national carbon taxes on clean innovation. We employ the novel synthetic control method to estimate the effect of the Swedish carbon tax, introduced in 1991, on climate change mitigating technology patents. We estimate that the Swedish carbon tax increased clean technology patents by 14. READ MORE