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Should we give up after Solyndra? : optimal technology R&D portfolios under uncertainty

Webster, Mort; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Popp, David; … - 2015

Global climate change and other environmental challenges require the development of new energy technologies with lower emissions. In the near-term, R&D investments, either by government or the private sector, can bring down the costs of these lower emission technologies. However, the results of...

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Scarcity of ideas and optimal R&D policy

Basov, Suren; Erkal, Nisvan; Minehart, Deborah; … - 2024

We consider a model of innovation that distinguishes between ideas and innovations. While innovation responds to … incentives, ideas are a scarce resource that provide an exogenous constraint on the rate of innovation. We investigate how the … optimal reward structure is shaped by the scarcity of ideas. Substitute ideas for innovation in the model arrive to random …

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Scarcity of ideas and options to invest in R&D

Erkal, Nisvan (contributor); Scotchmer, Suzanne (contributor) - 2007

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Scarcity of ideas and options to invest in R&D

Erkal, Nisvan (contributor); Scotchmer, Suzanne (contributor) - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003718187

Fiscal and regulatory instruments for clean technology development in the European Union

Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Popp, David - 2015

This policy note investigates whether the current level of public support to environment-friendly technologies is sufficient to allow European countries to respond to the multiple challenges posed by climate change and other environmental concerns. We first lay out the justifications for...

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