Economic Development and Eco-innovation: An Analysis of the Non-linear Relationship in the EU-27

• Claudia García-García ^[1] ; Celia Torrecillas ^[2] ; Sara Fernández ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
  2. [2] Department of Applied & Structural Economics & History, Faculty of Economics and Business and Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI)
• Localización: Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de economía, ISSN 0019-977X, ISSN-e 2340-8790, Nº 934, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Economía del desarrollo: cambio y continuidad), págs. 97-118
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.32796/ice.2024.934.7735
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Desarrollo económico y ecoinnovación.: Un análisis de la relación no lineal en la UE-27
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  • español

    Actualmente, la ecoinnovación es considerada como el motor para la transición verde. Este artículo analiza la relación entre el desarrollo económico y la ecoinnovación para la UE-27 en el periodo 2013-2022. Los resultados muestran una curva en forma de S en la relación entre ambas variables en estos países: un menor nivel de PIB per cápita implica que el crecimiento de la ecoinnovación es monotónicamente positivo o exponencial, sin embargo, un mayor nivel de desarrollo muestra que la ecoinnovación se estanca

  • English

    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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