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Determinants of Technology and Innovation Activities in Argentina: Evidence from a firm level survey

Sanguinetti, Pablo - Econometric Society - 2004

innovation activities (IA) made by Argentine firms. In particular, we use recent data collected by CEPAL to undertake micro … National System of Innovation, the trade regime and local market conditions. …

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R&D and Development

Maloney, William F.; Lederman, Daniel - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper employs a new global panel data set on innovation related variables to examine patterns of R&D investment …

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LABOR MOBILITY OF SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFUSION, AND THE FIRMâ€™S PATENTING DECISION

Kim, Jinyoung; Marschke, Gerald - Econometric Society - 2004

innovation. We find evidence from firm-level panel data that is consistent with this latter result. Our results suggest that …

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A Welfare Analysis of Growth Models with Endogenous Innovation

Schworm, William - Econometric Society - 2004

In this paper, I study the welfare properties of growth models with endogenous innovation, knowledge externalities, and …

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Does Innovation Cause Exports? Evidence from Exogenous Innovation Impulses and Obstacles Using German Micro Data

Lachenmaier, Stefan; Woessmann, Ludger - Econometric Society - 2004

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … dataset of an innovation survey of German manufacturing firms. In this survey, the firms do not only report about their … innovation behavior, their export share and other relevant control variables, but also whether specific impulses furthered their …

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Research Scientist Productivity and Firm Size: Evidence from Panel Data on Inventors

Lee, Sangjoon; Kim, Jinyoung - Econometric Society - 2004

of workers specifically engaged in innovation and firm size in the pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries. In both …

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Economic Geography and Wages

Cameron, Lisa A.; Amiti, Mary - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper estimates the agglomeration benefits that arise from vertical linkages between firms in the context of Indonesia. The analysis is based on international trade and economic geography theory developed by Krugman and Venables (1995). We identify the agglomeration benefits off the spatial...

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Durable Goods Monopoly with Quality Improvements over Time

Biglaiser, Gary; Anton, James J. - Econometric Society - 2004

We examine a dynamic, durable goods model. A monopolist faces two types of consumers who value the monopolist’s goods differently. The quality of the good improves over time and an improvement is only valuable to consumers if they have previous improvements. In each period, the monopolist can...

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Specialization, Agency Cost and Firm Size

Cho, Sungbin - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper extends the principal-agent model to determine the size of the firm as measured by the number of agent hired. Hiring more agents results in benefits and costs to the principal. The benefits are gains from specialization: higher productivity can be achieved if, as the number of agents...

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Information Aggregation and Efficiency in Agency Contracts with Endogenous Externality

Ishiguro, Shingo - Econometric Society - 2004

In this paper we investigate the principal-multi agent relationship with moral hazard where a risk neutral principal contracts with multiple risk averse agents whose actions are unobservable to the principal. We show that the well--known trade--off between incentive and risk sharing can be...

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