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Title: | The diffusion of patented oil and gas technology with environmental uses: a forward patent citation analysis |
Author: | Duch Brown, Néstor Costa, M. Teresa (Maria Teresa), 1951- |
Keywords: | Patents d'invenció Indústria petroliera Política ambiental Patents Petroleum industry and trade Environmental policy |
Issue Date: | Aug-2015 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | Relevant advances in the mitigation of environmental impact could be obtained by the appropriate diffusion of existing environmental technologies. In this paper, we look at the diffusion of knowledge related to environmental technologies developed within the oil and gas industry. To assess knowledge spillovers from oil and gas inventions as a measure of technology diffusion, we rely on forward patent citations methodology. Results show that there is a strong likelihood that the citing patent will be eventually linked to environmental technologies if the original oil and gas invention has already environmental uses. Moreover, both intra and intersectoral spillovers produce a 'turnabout' effect, meaning that citing patents show the opposite quality level of the cited patent. Our results support the idea that more sector-specific environmental policies, with an emphasis on diffusion, would significantly improve the use of environmental technologies developed within the oil and gas industry. Keywords: Forward patent citations; petroleum industry; technology flows; environmental and technology policies. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.001 |
It is part of: | Energy Policy, 2015, vol. 83, num. August, p. 267-276 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/117465 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.001 |
ISSN: | 0301-4215 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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