Regional artificial intelligence and the geography of environmental technologies: does local AI knowledge help regional green-tech specialization?

We investigate the extent to which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is harnessed by regions for specialising in green technologies. By considering the transformative role that AI is playing in the invention process and connecting it to the regional development of environmental technologies, we examine the relationship between green revealed technological advantages and local AI for EU28 (NUTS 3) regions over the period 1982-2017. Results show that AI knowledge favours the green-tech specialisation of regions, provided that they were already green-tech specialised in the past. Conversely, AI even reduces this capacity in regions that have not already specialised in green technologies.

CICERONE Gloria;  FAGGIAN Alessandra;  MONTRESOR Sandro;  RENTOCCHINI Francesco; 

2023-02-01

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

JRC129966

0034-3404 (online),   

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2022.2092610,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC129966,   

10.1080/00343404.2022.2092610 (online),