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forces behind China's rise in electronics, and we consider the implications for regional electronics trade and production …China's emergence as a key player in the global electronics industry has ignited concerns among its East Asian … neighbors. Upper and middle-income economies fear that China's rise is hollowing out their electronics industrial base. Lower …
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In this paper, we make use of a unique world electronics production data set to assess China's upgrading trajectory in … the global electronics industry. Contrary to existing studies, we find no evidence that China's electronics production … activities are more sophisticated than one would expect from its level of development. We also find little evidence that China is …
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China has become the center of virtually any discussion about globalization and its impact on the Canadian economy …. According to a recent opinion poll by the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC), Canadians believe that China is the second ….<br><br>Yet the public remains skeptical whether China's emergence as a major economic force is good for the Canadian economy. Many …
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associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function … substitutes in production, and that the productivity gains associated with organizational redesign are industry-specific. Dans cet … de production Cobb-Douglas où nous tenons compte de l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies et du design organisationnel …
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This paper analyzes abuse of authority in a principal-supervisor-agent hierarchy under moral hazard. We characterize the optimal contracts when the supervisor takes advantage of his authority by blackmailing the agent. We show that the optimal policy for the principal is to deter abuse of...
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We propose methods for testing hypothesis of non-causality at various horizons, as defined in Dufour and Renault (1998, Econometrica). We study in detail the case of VAR models and we propose linear methods based on running vector autoregressions at different horizons. While the hypotheses...
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This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated across equations and that differ in the way innovation enters the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …
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Using a unique panel data of Dutch innovation and financial variables we empirically investigate how financing and … innovation vary across firm characteristics. The study also tries to gauge the extent of market failure due to the presence of …, debt financing and innovation choices are not independent of firm characteristics such as age, size, and existing leverage …
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This document seeks to lay the groundwork for a government policy on free and open source software. We briefly characterize the extent of the open source software phenomenon. We analyse its pros and cons for the government, in its role as both an engine of economic development and a large user...
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Ce texte vise à circonscrire les fondements d'une politique gouvernementale à l'égard du logiciel libre et ouvert (open source software). Nous caractérisons brièvement l'ampleur du phénomène du logiciel libre et nous en analysons les avantages et inconvénients pour le gouvernement tant...
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