Economic Development and Eco-innovationAn Analysis of the Non-linear Relationship in the EU-27

  1. Claudia García-García 1
  2. Celia Torrecillas 2
  3. Sara Fernández 1
  1. 1 Department of Applied & Structural Economics & History, Faculty of Economics and Business. Complutense University of Madrid.
  2. 2 Department of Applied & Structural Economics & History, Faculty of Economics and Business and Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI)
Revista:
Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de economía

ISSN: 0019-977X 2340-8790

Ano de publicación: 2024

Título do exemplar: Economía del desarrollo: cambio y continuidad

Número: 934

Páxinas: 97-118

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.32796/ICE.2024.934.7735 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de economía

Resumo

Nowadays, eco-innovation is considered the engine for a green path. This paper analyses the relationship between the level of economic development and eco-innovations for the EU-27 countries in the period 2013-2022. Results show an S-shaped curve in the relationship between the two variables in the EU countries: a lower level of GDP per capita implies that eco-innovation growth is monotonically positive or exponential, however, a higher level of economic development shows eco-innovation stagnates.

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