Modern growth theory puts invention on the center stage. Inventions are created by individuals, raising the question … invention, using data on U.S. patents’ Finnish inventors and the distance to the nearest technical university as an instrument …. We find a positive effect of engineering education on the propensity to patent, and a negative OLS bias. Our …

inflation. This study focuses on the modern OPEC period since 1973. The results differ along a number of dimensions from the … sustained reduction in economic growth for a year. They also suggest a spike in CPI inflation three quarters after the exogenous … oil supply shock rather than a sustained increase in inflation, as is sometimes conjectured. Finally, the results of this …

measure of innovation alternative to patent count. Unlike the impact on patent count, we do not find that VC investment … impact on patent count at industry level, and this impact is larger than that of R&D expenditures. We confirm that this … and material. Therefore, our finding suggests that, at industry level, VC investment increases the patent propensity but …

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is … allocated to high-quality invention projects. Using data on patents granted to small firms and individuals, we find evidence …

We model technological and financial innovation as reflecting the decisions of profit maximizing agents and explore the … also engage in the costly, risky, and potentially profitable process of innovation: Financiers can invent more effective …. Consequently, technological innovation and, thus, economic growth stop unless financiers continually innovate. Historical …

states and growing divergence between European powers. In our model, the impact of war on the European state system depends … on: i) the importance of money for determining the war outcome (which stands for the cost of war), and ii) a country … of war. Initially, this caused more internally cohesive states to invest more in state capacity, while other (more …

to sign FTAs, the more so the higher the trade gains from a FTA. These trade gains are estimated by a theory …

Contestants have to choose whether to initiate a contest or war, or whether to remain peaceful for another period. We …