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Green exports and the global product space- Prospects for EU industrial policy

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  • Mark Huberty
  • Georg Zachmann

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We test if and where industrial policy to promote ‘green’ industry development can improve competitiveness in export markets. Proponents of ‘green growth’ have argued that domestic promotion of ‘green’ energy will generate improved comparative advantage in export markets for high-technology goods such as wind turbines or solar cells. If this holds depends on if domestic market expansion can, on its own, support firm competitiveness abroad. We find evidence that industrial...

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  • Mark Huberty & Georg Zachmann, 2011. "Green exports and the global product space- Prospects for EU industrial policy," Working Papers 556, Bruegel.
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