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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial: Distinctions by Entry Visa

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...

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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?

Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine; Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …

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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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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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Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS

Kyle, Margaret K; McGahan, Anita M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper addresses the relationship between patent protection and investment in the development of new pharmaceutical treatments. The TRIPS Agreement, which specifies minimum levels of intellectual property protection for countries in the World Trade Organization, has increased levels 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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Inefficiencies in technology transfer: theory and empirics

Allain, Marie-Laure; Henry, Emeric; Kyle, Margaret K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Markets for technology can promote innovation by allowing for division of labor in research and development. Some firms …

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Why Don't Women Patent?

Garant, Jean-Philippe; Herman, Hannah; Hunt, Jennifer; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents: only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College Graduates 2003, we find only 7% of the gap in patenting rates is accounted for by women's lower probability of holding any...

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