Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: A review of data, methods, and literature
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| author | Caldarola, Bernardo Mazzilli, Dario Napolitano, Lorenzo Patelli, Aurelio Sbardella, Angelica |
| author_facet | Caldarola, Bernardo Mazzilli, Dario Napolitano, Lorenzo Patelli, Aurelio Sbardella, Angelica |
| contents | Economic Complexity (EC) methods have gained increasing popularity across fields and disciplines. In particular, the EC toolbox has proved particularly promising in the study of complex and interrelated phenomena, such as the transition towards a greener economy. Using the EC approach, scholars have been investigating the relationship between EC and sustainability, proposing to identify the distinguishing characteristics of green products and to assess the readiness of productive and technological structures for the sustainability transition. This article proposes to review and summarize the data, methods, and empirical literature that are relevant to the study of the sustainability transition from an EC perspective. We review three distinct but connected blocks of literature on EC and environmental sustainability. First, we survey the evidence linking measures of EC to indicators related to environmental sustainability. Second, we review articles that strive to assess the green competitiveness of productive systems. Third, we examine evidence on green technological development and its connection to non-green knowledge bases. Finally, we summarize the findings for each block and identify avenues for further research in this recent and growing body of empirical literature. |
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| spellingShingle | Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: A review of data, methods, and literature Caldarola, Bernardo Mazzilli, Dario Napolitano, Lorenzo Patelli, Aurelio Sbardella, Angelica General Economics Economics Economic Complexity (EC) methods have gained increasing popularity across fields and disciplines. In particular, the EC toolbox has proved particularly promising in the study of complex and interrelated phenomena, such as the transition towards a greener economy. Using the EC approach, scholars have been investigating the relationship between EC and sustainability, proposing to identify the distinguishing characteristics of green products and to assess the readiness of productive and technological structures for the sustainability transition. This article proposes to review and summarize the data, methods, and empirical literature that are relevant to the study of the sustainability transition from an EC perspective. We review three distinct but connected blocks of literature on EC and environmental sustainability. First, we survey the evidence linking measures of EC to indicators related to environmental sustainability. Second, we review articles that strive to assess the green competitiveness of productive systems. Third, we examine evidence on green technological development and its connection to non-green knowledge bases. Finally, we summarize the findings for each block and identify avenues for further research in this recent and growing body of empirical literature. |
| title | Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: A review of data, methods, and literature |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07172 |