In recent years German and European policymakers have been devoting considerable attention to the issue of green public procurement. By adding green procurement criteria to public sector calls for tender, policymakers hope to encourage the development of environmentally friendly products and processes. ZEW researchers recently examined this issue. Their empirical analysis indicates that green procurement criteria can create an important incentive effect – but not for all firms.
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The Geography of Eco-Innovations and Sustainability Transitions
Speaker: Hendrik Hansmeier (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe)
Industry-University Collaboration and Commercializing Chinese Corporate Innovation
Speaker: Po-Hsuan (Paul) Hsu (National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan)
2022 MaCCI Annual Conference
Keynote Speaker: John Asker (University of California (UCLA), Berkeley, USA)
Accelerating Consumer Durable Replacement in Low-Income Households Pecuniary and Behavioral Instruments
Speaker: Bettina Chlond (ZEW)
Ageing and Sustainable Finance
Keynote Speakers: Koen Schoors (Gent University, Belgium), Paul Smeets (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
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