Handbook of Innovation and Regulation

Edited by Pontus Braunerhjelm, Professor of Economics, Department of Industrial Economics and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Blekinge Institute of Technology, and Research Director, The Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, Martin Andersson, Professor, Department of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology and CIRCLE, Lund University, and Research Director, The Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, Sweden, Knut Blind, Professor of Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Technische Universität Berlin and Head of the Business Unit Innovation and Regulation, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany, and Johan E. Eklund, Chief Economist, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden, Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School and Professor of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

• Contents:1 Handbook of Innovation and Regulation: introductory chapter 1 Pontus Braunerhjelm, Martin Andersson, Knut Blind and Johan E. Eklund PART I MARKETS, REGULATIONS AND INNOVATION 2 Innovation and market structure: policy implications 22 David B. Audretsch 3 The influence of regulation on technological innovation and entry 33 Maria Minniti and Almantas Palubinskas 4 Testing the envelope: the unanticipated effects of regulations on entrepreneurship 57 Robert Eberhart 5 Labor market regulations, innovation and technological change 70 Pontus Braunerhjelm, Johan E. Eklund and Maurice Kugler 6 Innovation in the informal economy 93 Jeremy de Beer, Kun Fu and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent PART II REGULATION OF KEY SECTORS: DIGITIZED PLATFORMS, CLIMATE CHALLENGES AND INNOVATION 7 Innovation and competition on digital platforms 119 Martin Mandorff and Sten Nyberg 8 Environmental economics, regulation and innovation 141 Mads Greaker and David Popp 9 Innovation policy, regulation and the transition to net zero 163 Jan Fagerberg and Håkon E. Normann PART III REGULATION OF KEY INDUSTRIES: URBAN TRANSPORT, BUILDING AND INNOVATION 10 Innovative urban transportation and economic regulation 193 Kenneth Button 11 Innovation and building-related regulations 213 Hans Lind PART IV GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ASPECTS ON REGULATION, KNOWLEDGE FLOWS AND INNOVATION12 The overall impact of economic, social and institutional regulation on innovation: an update 230Knut Blind13 EU regulation: hindering or stimulating innovation? 263Andrea Renda and Jacques Pelkmans14 Barriers to trade and innovation 294Carlo Altomonte and Maria Luisa MancusiPART V SPECIFIC REGULATIONS TARGETING INNOVATIONS15 R&D tax credits: a review and an econometric study on efficient policy mixes 318Birgitte Hovdan, Dirk Czarnitzki and Pierluigi Angelino16 Regulation of patents and the impact on innovation 346Nikolaus Thumm17 Innovation-promoting impacts of public procurement 373Elvira Uyarra, Oishee Kundu, Raquel Ortega-Argiles and Malcolm Harbour18 Dedicated regulation: translating missions into regulation 396Andreas Pyka, Ezgi Ari and Stephanie LangIndex 410

‘This Handbook offers new insights into the important question of how policy officials can best encourage welfare-enhancing innovation. Relying on rigorous theory, research, and evidence, it provides a nuanced but applied and accessible evaluation of how regulations can support or hinder emerging products and practices in a range of sectors and areas.’