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Optimal Timing of Environmental Policy; Interaction Between Environmental Taxes and Innovation Externalities

Gerlagh, Reyer; Kverndokk, Snorre; Rosendahl, Knut Einar - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007

the interaction between environmental taxes and innovation externalities in a dynamic economy and prove policy equivalence … directly linked to the source of technological innovation. Arguments for early action in LbD models carry over to a second …

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Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy

Mantovani, Andrea; Naghavi, Alireza - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

This paper studies the consequences of parallel import (PI) on process innovation of firms heterogeneous in their …. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … market, hence increases its innovation efforts. A tariff policy accompanied by opening borders to PI only increases welfare …

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Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?

Harris, Richard G. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Richard Harris points out that a traditional view has been that there is an inherent conflict between economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade-off (1975). This view gained renewed...

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Environmental Regulations, Market Structure and Technological Progress in Renewable Energy Technology — A Panel Data Study on Wind Turbines

Rübbelke, Dirk; Weiss, Pia - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

on innovation activities. In addition, we find that price-based policy instruments are more effective in fostering …

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The Linkages Between Productivity and Social Progress: An Introduction and Overview

Banting, Keith; Sharpe, Andrew; St-Hilaire, France - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social...

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Improving the Energy-Efficiency of Buildings: The Impact of Environmental Policy on Technological Innovation

Noailly, Joëlle - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy …

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Strategic Immigration Policies and Welfare in Heterogeneous Countries

Fujita, Masahisa; Weber, Shlomo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

In this paper we consider a model with two industrialised countries and immigrants that come from “the rest of the world”. The countries are distinguished on the basis of three parameters: population size, bias towards immigrants, and production complementarity between native population and...

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