Hybrid: Green technologies: How are they created and regulated? What impact do they have?

25  November 2026    5:00 pm CET

End-of-project workshop | Presenting the results of an OeNB Anniversary Fund project

Venue

Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw)
Rahlgasse 3
1060 Vienna
wiiw Library, Second Floor
Or online - Zoom

Registration

Description

How can green technologies support the transition to a climate-neutral economy while strengthening industrial competitiveness? What role do firms’ innovation capabilities, environmental regulations and European research networks play? This workshop presents the final results of three interrelated studies on the creation, regulation and economic effects of green technologies in Austria and Europe.

  • Do Eco-Innovations Improve Energy Efficiency and Productivity? Evidence from Austrian Manufacturing Firms (Chiara Castelli, Mahdi Ghodsi and Robert Stehrer). The study links eco-innovation to lower energy intensity and higher labour productivity among Austrian manufacturers, with broader productivity gains appearing more gradually.
  • Compliance with Environmental Regulations in Exports: Austrian Firms, Product Quality and Export Market Access (Mahdi Ghodsi, Alireza Sabouniha and Robert Stehrer). Using detailed Austrian export data, the paper finds that technical regulations are associated with quality upgrading among active exporters, while evidence of improved trade volumes and market access is less robust.
  • EU Framework Programmes and green co-invention across European regions (Mahdi Ghodsi, Ondřej Sankot and Jana Vlčková). The analysis finds positive associations between the breadth of EU-funded research networks and regional green patenting, as well as between bilateral project collaboration and green co-invention.

The workshop will discuss what these findings imply for innovation funding, environmental standards and the competitiveness of firms in Austria and the EU.

This event takes place within the project “Green technologies: How are they created and regulated? What impact do they have?” funded by the Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Project No. 18939). The support provided by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank is gratefully acknowledged.

This will be a hybrid event.

For online participation, please register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M3oO9kc8RriO29omD_DARQ

 

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