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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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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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Does FDI Work as a Channel for R&D Spillovers? Evidence Based on Swedish Data

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are important in transmitting technology across national borders. Not only do they allow for transfer of technology within the firm, but it is also believed that they are important channels for international R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyses empirically...

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Global Production and Trade in the Knowledge Economy

Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper presents and tests a new model of multinational firms to explain a rich array of multinational behavior. In contrast to most approaches, here the multinational faces costs to transferring its know-how that are increasing in technological complexity. Costly technology transfer gives...

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Knowledge Diffusion, Supplier's Technological Effort and Technology Transfer via Vertical Relationships

Goh, Ai Ting - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper studies the effect of knowledge diffusion on the incentives for developed countries’ (DC) firms to undertake costly transfer of production knowledge of an input to their developing countries’ (LDC) suppliers whose costs of production vary inversely with their technological effort....

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Intellectual Property Rights and Entry into a Foreign Market: FDI vs Joint Ventures

Leahy, Dermot; Naghavi, Alireza - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper investigates how the mode of entry into a foreign market can be influenced by the intensity of R&D in an industry and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in a recipient country. It then analyzes the link between the IPR regime and policies that place limits on the...

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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers

Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper examines spillover effects of the activities of multinational firms (MNCs). Such effects are most likely to be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNC’s own industry as well as firms in other industries. There is...

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Foreign Direct Investment, Competitive Pressure and Spillovers. An Empirical Analysis of Spanish Firm Level Data

Sembenelli, Alessandro; Siotis, Georges - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

A short review of the theoretical and empirical evidence indicates that foreign direct investment (FDI) has the potential to increase the intensity of competition as well as to act as a channel for technology transfers. One would expect, all else equal, an increase in average firm performance...

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Multinationals, Endogenous Growth and Technological Spillovers: Theory and Evidence

Baldwin, Richard; Braconier, Henrik; Forslid, Rikard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

FDI has received surprisingly little attention in theoretical and empirical work on openness and growth. This paper presents a theoretical growth model where MNCs directly affect the endogenous growth rate via technological spillovers. This is novel since other endogenous growth models with...

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