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Distribution & Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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The Innovation, Unemployment and Competitiveness Challenge in Germany
Audretsch, David B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The purpose of this paper is to link the twin horns of the European economic dilemma - unemployment and a loss in … international competitiveness - to a lack of innovative activity. In Germany the Innovationskrise (innovation crisis) combines with … the Standortkrise (location crisis) and the Arbeitslosenkrise (unemployment crisis) to form a triad of economic challenges …
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The hold-up problem, innovations, and limited liability
Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
An inventor can invest research effort to come up with an innovation. Once an innovation is made, a contract is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084016
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Geographic Localization of International Technology Diffusion
Keller, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Convergence in per capita income across countries turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local in a large class of models. This Paper estimates the amount of spillovers from R&D expenditures in major industrialized countries on a geographic basis. A new data set is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124371
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Knowledge Disclosure, Patents and Optimal Organization of Research and Development
Bhattacharya, Sudipto; Guriev, Sergei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We develop a model of two-stage cumulative research and development (R&D), in which one Research Unit (RU) with an innovative idea bargains to license her non-verifiable interim knowledge exclusively to one of two competing Development Units (DUs) via one of two alternative modes: an open sale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124391
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Can a Small Nation Gain from Introducing a Carbon Tax Early?
Lund, Diderik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Carbon dioxide emissions may cause global warming. But own emissions have negligible effects for a small nation, which may thus regard carbon taxes as distortionary. Such taxes may have other effects, however. When research and development (R&D) has positive external effects, carbon taxes may...
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Beat 'Em or Join 'Em?: Export Subsidies Versus International Research Joint Ventures in Oligopolistic Markets
Neary, J Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper compares adversarial with cooperative industrial and trade policies in a dynamic oligopoly game in which a home and foreign firm compete in R&D and output and, because of spillovers, each firm benefits from the other’s R&D. When the government can commit to an export subsidy, such a...
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How Broad Should the Scope of Patent Protection Be?
Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
-focused patents are the socially efficient way to reward innovation, and also show when very short-lived but very broad patents are …
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Strategic Choice of Partners: Research Joint Ventures and Market Power
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Siebert, Ralph; Tombak, Mihkel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop an additional explanation: the incentive to exclude rivals in order to gain market power. We illustrate this effect in a simple model...
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Why Firms Form Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Siebert, Ralph; Tombak, Mihkel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The literature on research joint ventures (RJVs) has emphasized internalizing spillovers and cost-sharing as motives for RJV formation. In this paper we develop two additional explanations: product market complementarities and firm heterogeneity. We analyse a model of RJVs with asymmetric firms...
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