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Trade, Technology and Labour Markets: Empirical Controversies in the Light of the Jones Model

Pflüger, Michael - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

The deterioration of the income and employment position of unskilled workers in the OECD since the 1980s is a well-documented fact. The debate about the causes of this development is dominated by two competing hypotheses, "North-South Trade" ("globalisation") and technological progress. Several...

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Beef up Your Competitor: A Model of Advertising Cooperation between Internet Search Engines

Sapi, Geza; Suleymanova, Irina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

the effects of an agreement where the more advanced firm shares its technology with the inferior one. We show that the …

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Impact Assessment of Emissions Stabilization Scenarios with and without Induced Technological Change

Kemfert, Claudia; Truong, Truong P. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005

The main aim of this paper is to investigate quantitatively the economic impacts of emissions stabilization scenarios with and without the inclusion of induced technological change (ITC). Improved technological innovations are triggered by increased R&D expenditures that advance energy...

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Innovative Activity in Wind and Solar Technology: Empirical Evidence on Knowledge Spillovers Using Patent Data

Braun, Frauke G.; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

national level, either within the same technology field or economic sector (intra-sectoral spillovers) or in related … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …

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Where Are the Industrial Technologies in Energy-Economy Models?: An Innovative CGE Approach for Steel Production in Germany

Schumacher, Katja; Sands, Ronald D. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

set of CO2 price scenarios. Our technology-based, integrated approach permits a choice between several technologies for … producing iron and steel and allows for shifts in technology characteristics over time towards best practice, innovative … capture the main driving forces of greenhouse gas emissions reductions under a climate policy. We conclude that technology …

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Downsizing in German Chemical Manufacturing Industry during the 1990s: Why Small Is Beautiful?

Badunenko, Oleg - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

technology" argument. The latter phenomenon was found to be a rational behaviour because numerous firms continually operated …

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Global Warming, Technological Change and Trade in Carbon Energy: Challenge or Threat?

Stephan, Gunter; Müller-Fürstenberger, Georg - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

Is it possible to combat global climate change through North-to-South technology transfer even without a global climate … technology transfers; one, where the North-to-South technology transfer is tied to the requirement that the South in some way …

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WIATEC: A World Integrated Assessment Model of Global Trade Environment and Climate Change

Truong, Truong P.; Kemfert, Claudia - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

This paper describes the structure of the World Integrated Assessment model of global Trade, Environmental, and Climate change (WIATEC).The model consists of a multi-regional multi-sectoral core CGE model linked to a climate model. The core CGE is based on an existing global trade and...

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Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany

Kritikos, Alexander S.; Kneiding, Christoph; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...

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Risk Attitudes and Private Business Equity

Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …

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