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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry

Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …

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Low carbon innovation in the UK : evidence from patent data

Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Martin, Ralf - 2010

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Catching a Wave: the Adoption of Voice and High Commitment Workplace Practices in Britain: 1984-1998

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Kretschmer, Tobias - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005

In this paper we treat workplace voice and systems of high-commitment human resource management (HCHRM) as technological innovations in order to account for the uneven diffusion patterns observed across establishments. Using British data, the paper finds that variables highlighted in the...

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Environmental Policy and Directed Technological Change: Evidence from the European Carbon Market

Calel, Raphael; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

increased low-carbon innovation among regulated firms by as much as 10%, while not crowding out patenting for other technologies …

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Co-Opetition and Prelaunch in Standard-Setting for Developing Technologies

Kretschmer, Tobias; Muehlfeld, Katrin - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006

Firms faced with the decision of whether to standardize or not prior to introducing a new network technology face a tradeoff: Compatibility improves the technology's chances of consumer acceptance, but it also means having to share the resulting profits with other sponsors of the standard. In...

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