The geographical sources of innovation of firms have been hotly debated. While the traditional view is that physical … survey of the level of innovation of 1604 firms of more than 10 employees located in the five largest Norwegian city … innovation and b) the factors behind the propensity to innovate in Norwegian firms. The results stress that while interaction …

This paper studies the barriers to the diffusion of development across countries over the very long-run. We find that … culturally transmitted characteristics - can affect income differences by creating barriers to the diffusion of innovations, even … 'barriers' interpretation. …

. We take an implementation-theoretic approach and provide theoretical, empirical and experimental analyses of this problem …

implementation in the EU are determined. We find that (1) implemented budgetary adjustment falls systematically short of planned … by the implementation errors, (3) there is a limited role for "traditional" political variables, (4) stock … their implementation benefit from stronger national fiscal institutions. We emphasise also the importance of credible plans …

particular, when the prize function is approximately linear. We use the results to compare patents and prizes as innovation …

through induced innovation. Our overall reading of the evidence is that rising income is unlikely to be a major driver of the …

The determinants of the dramatically rising expenditures on health care in general, and on hospital care in particular … significant impact of social insurance on the demand for hospital trips, the empirical results presented here cast doubts on the …