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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...

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Profit Taxation, Innovation and the Financing of Heterogeneous Firms

Keuschnigg, Christian; Ribi, Evelyn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

endogenous share opts for innovation and faces credit constraints in the subsequent expansion phase. We emphasize four results …: (i) R&D subsidies not only encourage innovation but also relax finance constraints and help innovative firms to exploit … investment of constrained firms by reducing free cash-flow and thereby discourage innovation. (iii) A revenue neutral increase in …

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Offshoring and Product Innovation

Naghavi, Alireza; Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We propose an endogenous growth model with offshoring to investigate its effects on product innovation and growth in …

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An Innovation Index Based on Knowledge Capital Investment: Definition and Results for the UK Market Sector

Clayton, Tony; Dal Borgo, Mariela; Haskel, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

.74% per annum, of which the contribution of knowledge capital, our innovation measure, was 1.24% pa. In turn, manufacturing …We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole …-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we …

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Trade, Strategic Innovation and Strategic Environmental Policy - a General Analysis

Ulph, Alistair Mitchell; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

There has been much debate recently about the nature of environmental policy that will be set by governments concerned about the competitive advantage their industries might obtain in a world of fierce trade competition. Some claim governments will set environmental policies that are too lax,...

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Endogenous Innovation Spillovers and Technology Policy

Katsoulacos, Yannis; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

We examine a model of R&D competition and cooperation in the presence of spillovers. Unlike virtually all the literature, however, we treat these spillovers as endogenous and under the control of firms. We show that it is then essential to make a number of distinctions that are ignored in the...

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Optimal Public Policy for Venture Capital Backed Innovation

Keuschnigg, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

regard to the capital gains tax, innovation subsidy, public R&D spending and other policy initiatives. …

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Contract Enforcement, Comparative Advantage and Long-Run Growth

Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

-country dynamic Ricardian model with endogenous innovation and hold-up problems, the value chain consists of two activities …, innovation and production. Entry in the market happens through R&D and entrants face two decisions. The 'location decision … perform innovation and production within the same vertically integrated structure or not. In this framework, the quality of …

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Innovation, Trade, and Finance

Egger, Peter; Keuschnigg, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper proposes a model where heterogeneous firms choose whether to undertake R&D or not. Innovative firms are more productive, have larger investment opportunities and lower own funds for necessary tangible continuation investments than non-innovating firms. As a result, they are...

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UK Innovation Index: Productivity and Growth in UK Industries

Goodridge, Peter; Haskel, Jonathan; Wallis, Gavin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper provides an update of the NESTA Innovation Index and tries to calculate some facts for the 'knowledge …) document UK intangible investment and (2) see how it contributes to economic growth. Regarding investment in knowledge …

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