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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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Does patenting increase the private incentives to innovate? A microeconometric analysis
Emmanuel, DUGUET; Claire, LELARGE - EconWPA - 2004
issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118819
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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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Innovation, Market Structure and Economic Growth
Palma, Nuno Pedro Gonçalves - EconWPA - 2004
constrain this structure in a given market are the rate of scientific (basic) discoveries that permit innovation productivity …This paper presents a dynamic partial equilibrium model that endogenizes firms' investment decision on innovation …: product innovation causes horizontal expansion growth, and process innovation causes vertical expansion growth. Market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134434
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Human Capital Composition, R&D and the Increasing Role of Services
Sequeira, Tiago; Reis, Ana Balcão - EconWPA - 2004
A growth model with endogenous innovation and accumulation of high-tech and low- tech human capital is developed. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118667
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Innovation height, spillovers and TFP growth at the firm level: Evidence from French manufacturing
Emmanuel, DUGUET - EconWPA - 2004
We examine the contribution of incremental and radical innovations to total factor productivity (TFP) growth at the … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407643
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Productivity, adjustment costs and R&D investment prices An analysis of a panel of Spanish manufacturing companies
Pérez-López, Cesar; Romero-Jordan, Desiderio; … - EconWPA - 2004
This study analyses the role played by adjustment costs and R&D investment prices in total R&D productivity. The … results show that on average, for each monetary unit increase in adjustment costs produces a fall in productivity of 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556044
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Competitive Advantages of the Beira Interior (Portugal): A TOWS Approach
Ferreira, Joao; Leitao, Joao; Raposo, Mario - EconWPA - 2005
The formulation of a competitive strategy implies an extended understanding, in terms of the industrial structures, of the mains fields where the nations compete and those structures evolve. The environmental conditions of a region, and of its industries, determine both the generic strategies,...
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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...
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Wants and Past Knowledge: Growth Cycles with Emerging Industries
Horii, Ryo - EconWPA - 2005
This paper develops a theory of endogenous growth cycles focusing on the interaction between consumers' desire to satisfy an indefinite range of wants and firms' incentive to utilize knowledge from past production experiences. We show that firms endogenously form a number of distinguishable...
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