This thesis investigates technological change through three essays, focusing on geography, environmental innovation, and policy. The first essay explores the role of inward and outward Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in fostering recombinant novelty at the regional level, focusing both technological distance and functional characteristics of FDIs in generating local novelty. The second essay investigates green diversification in U.S. cities, emphasizing how local skill composition interacts with green FDIs on branching into environmentally sustainable technologies. The third essay studies the effects of climate policy uncertainty on environmentally directed technical change across European firms, highlighting the importance of clear policies to direct technological efforts toward low-carbon innovation. Together, these essays contribute to understanding how external connectivity, local capacities, and policy signals shape innovation, providing empirical evidence for regional development and green industrial policy.

Three Essays in the Economics of Innovation: Geography, Green Technologies and Policy Uncertainty(2025 Jan 24).

Three Essays in the Economics of Innovation: Geography, Green Technologies and Policy Uncertainty

BERGAMINI, ENRICO
2025-01-24

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This thesis investigates technological change through three essays, focusing on geography, environmental innovation, and policy. The first essay explores the role of inward and outward Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in fostering recombinant novelty at the regional level, focusing both technological distance and functional characteristics of FDIs in generating local novelty. The second essay investigates green diversification in U.S. cities, emphasizing how local skill composition interacts with green FDIs on branching into environmentally sustainable technologies. The third essay studies the effects of climate policy uncertainty on environmentally directed technical change across European firms, highlighting the importance of clear policies to direct technological efforts toward low-carbon innovation. Together, these essays contribute to understanding how external connectivity, local capacities, and policy signals shape innovation, providing empirical evidence for regional development and green industrial policy.
24-gen-2025
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ECONOMIA "VILFREDO PARETO"
QUATRARO, Francesco
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