The Impact of Innovation on Environmental Quality: Evidence for the Non-linear Relationship of Patents and CO2 Emissions in China

• Main Authors: Li, Wei, Elheddad, Mohammed, Doytch, Nadia
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Innovation; Patents; Environmental pollution; CO2 emissions; Panel quantile regression; China; Economics; Environmental Sciences; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/221; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479721008434?via%3Dihub
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We seek to test whether innovation, measured by the number of accepted patents improves or worsens the environment in China. We hypothesize the existence of an inverse U-shaped curve, which differs by industry and provincial level of development. In that context, we test for a quadratic relationship...