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When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?

Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

environmental regulations can spur more rapid innovation. I present a general framework for the analysis of these questions. I …

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Innovative Activity in Wind and Solar Technology: Empirical Evidence on Knowledge Spillovers Using Patent Data

Braun, Frauke G; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by knowledge … spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …

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Small Firms and R&D Spillovers: Evidence from Italy

Audretsch, David B; Vivarelli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …

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The Exchange Rate - A Shock-Absorber or Source of Shocks? A Study of Four Open Economies

Artis, Michael J; Ehrmann, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

The paper provides SVAR estimates for four open economies: the UK, Canada, Sweden and Denmark, making explicit a … another: monetary union appears easy to recommend for Sweden and Denmark, much less so for Canada and the UK. …

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Can Severe Fiscal Contractions Be Expansionary? Tales of Two Small European Countries

Giavazzi, Francesco; Pagano, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

exercise in fiscal rectitude of the 1980s and focusing on its two most extreme cases, Denmark and Ireland. We find that at …

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Population, Technology and Growth: From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition

Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....

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Ability Biased Technological Transition, Wage Inequality and Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper develops a growth model in which the endogenous evolution of technological progress and wage inequality is consistent with the observed pattern in the United States and several European economies in the last two centuries. The model accounts for: a) the rise in wage inequality between...

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Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking, and Work Incentives

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work – the move from occupational specialization towards multi-tasking – for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...

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Are there Economies of Scale in the Demand for Money by Firms? Some Panel Data Estimates

Bover, Olympia; Watson, Nadine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We estimate scale elasticities in firms' money demand using panel data. Our main data set is a sample of Spanish companies observed over 1983-96. We also analyse comparable UK and US data sets. We find that the errors in money demand equations contain two terms correlated with sales: first, a...

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Practice Makes Perfect: On Professional Standards

Sällström, Susanna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Professional standards vary across professions and also change over time. One profession which has remained perfectionist is classical music, where the amount of practising is striking compared with other professions. Practising is a matter of increasing the reliability of ones skills rather...

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