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Employment Effects of Different Innovation Activities: Microeconometric Evidence
Peters, Bettina - EconWPA - 2005
process innovations, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in Germany … CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation output. The econometric analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118792
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Economic Growth and the Financial Economics of Capital Accumulation under Shifting Technological Change
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S; Newcomb, Richard T. - EconWPA - 2004
This paper develops a simple and practical framework for characterizing (long-run) economic growth and fluid capital accumulation under shifting technological change. The framework specifies a technological change that depends on exogenous and endogenous factors as well as the interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408266
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Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence
Peters, Bettina - EconWPA - 2005
This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118744
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A Theory of Technology Diffusion
Mukoyama, Toshihiko - EconWPA - 2003
What determines the speed of the technology diffusion? What are the consequences of diffusion? This paper presents a model to address these questions. Skilled machine-users adopt a new technology first, while unskilled users wait until machines become more reliable and accessible. The quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126129
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Innovation height, spillovers and TFP growth at the firm level: Evidence from French manufacturing
Emmanuel, DUGUET - EconWPA - 2004
firm level. The first part of our analysis is dedicated to the determinants of innovation and reveals two different … innovation regimes. On the one hand, radical innovations rely strongly on firm-level spillovers, including property rights, and … innovation height matters. We also find evidence that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of the production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407643
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Optimal Monitoring with External Incentives: The Case of Tipping
Azar, Ofer H. - EconWPA - 2003
The article examines the optimal choice of monitoring intensity when workers face external incentives (incentives that are not provided by the firm), such as tips, satisfaction from working well, or the desire to build reputation in order to be more attractive to other employers. Increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125035
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Forecasting the Professional Team Sporting Events: Evidence from Euro 2000 and 2004 Football Tournaments
HALICIOGLU, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005
This study aims at predicting the most likely winners of international football tournaments. To this end, this paper employs a relatively simple statistical method, which is based on the seasonal coefficients of variation (CVs) of the end-of-season points from domestic football leagues to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412888
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SERVICE INDUSTRIES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Moody, Gerald; Cooke, Sandra; Young, Kan; Henry, David; … - EconWPA - 1996
The study examines the character and causes of the U.S. cconomy’s increasing service orientation and considers implications of the shift to services for economic growth, employment, and competitiveness. These changes present new challenges, but they do not in themselves mean that the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412918
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The History of Tipping - From Sixteenth-Century England to United States in the 1910s
Azar, Ofer H. - EconWPA - 2003
Tipping is a multi-billion-dollar phenomenon that challenges the traditional assumption of selfish economic agents who have no feelings and do not care about social norms. This article reviews the early history of tipping and offers an economic analysis of different aspects of tipping. Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556865
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Heterogeneity in Convergence Rates and Income Determination across U.S. States: Evidence from County-Level Data
Young, Andrew; Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
We utilize county-level data to explore growth determination in the U.S. and possible heterogeneity in growth determination across individual states. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. We use a consistent two stage least squares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118829