Demand-pull and environmental innovations: Estimating the effects of innovative public procurement
研究了政府需求（创新性公共采购）如何推动企业采用和扩散环保制造技术，基于欧盟、瑞士和美国的企业数据，发现公共采购对促进环境创新有重要作用。
This paper contributes to the emerging literature on the adoption of environmental innovation, by investigating the so far unexplored role of governmental demand in stimulating 'greener' production choices. Specifically, the role of innovative public procurement in driving the adoption and diffusion of sustainable manufacturing technologies is analysed. Results, based on firm-level data in the 28 Member States of the European Union, Switzerland and the USA, are obtained through non-parametric matching techniques. Those outline the crucial role of innovative public procurement in the uptake of environmental innovations. This confirms the relevance of such policy instrument in allowing countries to achieve a decarbonised and sustainable growth path which is compatible with competitiveness goals.