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Technological Imitation and Innovation in New European Union Markets
Uzagalieva, Ainura; Kocenda, Evžen; Menezes, Antonio - CESifo - 2010
We analyze the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union …: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development—innovation and imitation …—are distinguished from one another by identifying the dominant orientation of innovation efforts at the industry level. Specific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572493
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The Pungent Smell of "Red Herrings": Subsoil Assets, Rents, Volatility and the Resource Curse
Ploeg, Frederick Van der; Poelhekke, Steven - CESifo - 2010
exports are no longer significant while the value of subsoil assets has a significant positive effect on growth. But the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596595
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The Volatility Curse: Revisiting the Paradox of Plenty
Ploeg, Frederick Van der; Poelhekke, Steven - CESifo - 2009
The volatility of unanticipated output growth in income per capita is detrimental to long-run development, controlling for initial income per capita, population growth, human capital, investment, openness and natural resource dependence. This effect is significant and robust over a wide range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000394
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Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing?
Ploeg, Frederick Van der - CESifo - 2010
Are natural resources a “curse” or a “blessing”? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534046
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Trade, Technology, and Productivity: A Study of Brazilian Manufacturers, 1986-1998
Muendler, Marc-Andreas - CESifo - 2004
Brazil's trade liberalization between 1990 and 1993, and its partial reversal in 1995, are used to study how reduced inward trade barriers affect productivity. The production function of Brazilian manufacturers is estimated at the ISIC3 two-digit level under various alternatives, including an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766072
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Labor Unions, Globalization, and Mercantilism
Grieben, Wolf-Heimo; Sener, Fuat - CESifo - 2009
Northern trade liberalization reduces the rate of innovation, increases Northern unemployment, and reduces both Northern and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583672
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Fixed Effects and Random Effects Estimation of Higher-Order Spatial Autoregressive Models with Spatial Autoregressive and Heteroskedastic Disturbances
Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter - CESifo - 2014
This paper develops a unified framework for fixed and random effects estimation of higher-order spatial autoregressive panel data models with spatial autoregressive disturbances and heteroskedasticity of unknown form in the idiosyncratic error component. We derive the moment conditions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877693
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GM Estimation of Higher Order Spatial Autoregressive Processes in Panel Data Error Component Models
Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter - CESifo - 2008
This paper presents a generalized moments (GM) approach to estimating an R-th order spatial regressive process in a panel data error component model. We derive moment conditions to estimate the parameters of the higher order spatial regressive process and the optimal weighting matrix required to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094303
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Estimation of Higher-Order Spatial Autoregressive Panel Data Error Component Models
Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter - CESifo - 2009
This paper develops an estimator for higher-order spatial autoregressive panel data error component models with spatial autoregressive disturbances, SARAR(R,S). We derive the moment conditions and optimal weighting matrix without distributional assumptions for a generalized moments (GM)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405754
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Effects of the Endogenous Scope of Preferentialism on International Goods Trade
Egger, Peter; Wamser, Georg - CESifo - 2013
Previous empirical research has assumed that goods trade responds to goods trade preferentialism only, while other forms of preferentialism – such as services trade or investment preferentialism – are irrelevant for goods trade. This paper provides novel evidence for the gains from a broader...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877855