defend their monopoly position and prevent innovation and entry of high-quality competitors. This requires that the incumbent … quality upgrade related to innovation. Consistently with our empirical findings, the model delivers a negative association …

We consider an R&D-driven endogenous growth model in which innovation is risky and agents are risk averse. Growth is … social insurance, thus encouraging innovation and accelerating growth. The general equilibrium effects of the reallocation of …

We empirically investigate whether the persistence of politicians in political institutions affects the innovation …’ innovation activity. However, once the causal effect is isolated by means of instrumental variables, using death of politicians … persistence and the probability of process innovation. This finding is consistent with the view that political stability may …