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This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...
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The US innovation system has many strengths, including world class research universities and firms that thrive in … innovation-intensive sectors. However, fissures have begun to appear, notably in the areas of human capital development, the … curtailed by budget cuts. Revitalizing the dynamism of innovation has become a priority for US policymakers. To this end, it is …
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Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been … very strong. There are, however, areas in which policy reforms could strengthen innovation further and help Switzerland … services sectors, which becomes more crucial to sustaining high domestic innovation in a context where large firms are …
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rate of vocational students, and enhancing the level of collaboration among the key innovation players are priorities. The … des élèves en filière professionnelle et le renforcement du niveau de collaboration entre les principaux acteurs de l’innovation …
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. Fostering competition by removing regulatory barriers and improving public procurement would help. In addition, innovation … l'innovation au Danemark<BR>La productivité danoise n’a progressé que modérément au cours des deux dernières décennies … publics. En outre, les politiques d’innovation doivent gagner en efficacité et prendre davantage en compte l …
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persist.<P> Private spending on innovation is very low and Russia underperforms in terms of scientific outputs and patents …. Support for low-tech innovation and technology adoption, especially among SMEs is narrow because of a bias towards large and … Russie : Les compétences, l'éducation et l'innovation<BR>Le marché du travail en Russie est très flexible. Les entreprises s …
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strengthen competition, entrepreneurship and innovation would go a long way toward enhancing it. Recent competition policy … procedures. Recent reforms to the innovation policy framework are welcome but the focus on sectoral priority clusters will need … productivité par le renforcement de la concurrence, l'entrepreneuriat et l'innovation<BR>Le déclin de la croissance de la …
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We analyse the impact of innovation activity and product and labour market institutions on multi-factor productivity in … of innovation activity (proxied by R&D expenditure) on productivity depends on market structure and technological … analyse de l'impact des règlements et des institutions<BR><P>Dans ce papier, nous analysons l’impact de l’innovation et de la …
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investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …
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Since the early 1990s, when France's general government deficit reached a disturbing 6 per cent of GDP, the country's public finances have progressed substantially, even though significantly further improvement is required. This paper examines the tools available to policy-makers to meet this...
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