innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at …

Are there positive or negative externalities in knowledge production? We analyze whether current contributions to … knowledge production increase or decrease the future growth of knowledge. To assess this, we use a randomized field experiment …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …

Women are less financially literate than men. It is unclear whether this gap reflects a lack of knowledge or, rather, a … measuring financial knowledge, but when this response option is unavailable, they often choose the correct answer. We estimate a …-third of the financial literacy gender gap can be explained by women’s lower confidence levels. Both financial knowledge and …

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of … technological change. Using unique data from the German Innovation Survey we find that while high speed of technological change … tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation …