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Indian GDP Before 1870: Some Preliminary Estimates and a Comparison with Britain
Broadberry, Stephen N; Gupta, Bishnupriya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper provides estimates of Indian GDP constructed from the output side for the pre-1871 period, and combines them with population estimates to track changes in living standards. Indian per capita GDP declined steadily between 1600 and 1871. As British living standards increased from the...
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Japan And The Great Divergence, 725-1874
Bassino, Jean-Pascal; Broadberry, Stephen N; Fukao, Kyoji; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Japanese GDP per capita grew at an annual rate of 0.04 per cent between 725 and 1874, but the growth was episodic, with the increase in per capita income concentrated in three periods, 1150-1280, 1450-1600 and after 1730, interspersed with periods of stable per capita income. There is a...
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How Did Japan Catch-Up On The West? A Sectoral Analysis Of Anglo-Japanese Productivity Differences, 1885-2000
Broadberry, Stephen N; Fukao, Kyoji; Zammit, Nick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
acceleration, comparison with the United States suggests that catching-up only really started after 1950, due to the unusually … dynamic performance of the US economy before 1950. A comparison with the United Kingdom, still the world productivity leader … Japanese manufacturing, which is also obscured by a comparison with the United States. Japan overtook the UK as a major …
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Industries at the World Technology Frontier: Measuring R&D Efficiency in a Non-Parametric DEA Framework
Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper identifies the leading country-industry combinations that define the world technology frontier in manufacturing. Using a unique industry dataset compiled from EU KLEMS and PATSTAT, it explores which countries and industries reveal the most efficient innovation processes. We combine a...
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Industrial Policy and Competition
Aghion, Philippe; Dewatripont, Mathias; Du, Liqun; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The economic slowdown in the 70s in Latin America and Japan in the late 90s, generated a growing skepticism about the role of industrial policy in the process of economic development. Yet, new considerations have emerged over the recent period, which invite us to revisit the issue. This paper...
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Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We document an empirical relationship between the cross-country adoption of technologies and the degree of long-term historical relatedness between human populations. Historical relatedness is measured using genetic distance, a measure of the time since two populations’ last common ancestors....
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The quality factor in patent systems
van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
several interdependent components that affect the stringency and transparency of the filtering process. The comparison of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554229
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The Long-Lived Effects of Historic Climate on the Wealth of Nations
Bluedorn, John; Valentinyi, Akos; Vlassopoulos, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We investigate the long-run consequences of historic, climatic temperatures (1730-2000) for the modern cross-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant...
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A Framework for Cross-Country Comparisons of Public Infrastructure Constraints on Firm Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
How should a policy-maker prioritize interventions to improve the public infrastructure with which firms operate and how large are the benefits from doing so likely to be? To address these questions we use survey data on the obstacles arising from poor quality public inputs that managers face in...
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The role of fees in patent systems: Theory and evidence
de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; van Pottelsberghe de la … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper reviews the economic literature on the role of fees in patent systems. Two main research questions are usually addressed: the impact of patent fees on the behavior of applicants and the question of optimal fees. Studies in the former group confirm that a range of fees affect the...
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