Table 8 Time point for countries to cross the turning point.

From: Nonlinear relationship between intellectual property protection and renewable energy innovation in 27 countries

country

Year

China

Never

Greece

Never

Italy

2016

Korea

2000

Poland

2011

Slovenia

2001

Turkey

Never

  1. Countries absent from the list had crossed the turning point prior to the study period. For those present on the list, the turning point was crossed in their respective specified years. Countries annotated as ‘never’ had not reached the turning point by the end of 2017.