prescriptive regulations, such as technology-based standards. Finally, the strong version posits that properly designed regulation … may induce cost-saving innovation that more than compensates for the cost of compliance. In this paper, we test the … induire davantage de gains en termes d'innovation que de coûts pour se conformer à la règle. Dans cet article, nous examinons …

Many economic studies have examined the conditions under which innovation occurs in Canadian firms. We take the …: communication, financial services and technical business services. The data come from the 1996 innovation survey conducted by … Statistics Canada. The first objective of this paper is to explain why firms perceive the obstacles to innovation differently. We …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a composite innovation indicator derived from an econometric prediction of the … likelihood of innovating and of the amount of innovation performed by a particular firm, given information on its characteristics … the Community Innovation Surveys. It combines qualitative and quantitative data. It allows the comparison of …

; ii) the possibility to differentiate products and iii) the possibility to sell pollution-control technology. Second, a … plus strictes peut stimuler l'innovation et, par là même, aboutir à une compensation des coûts supportés par les …