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Estimating Feedback Effect in Technical Change: A Frontier Approach
Otto, Vincent M.; Kuosmanen, Timo; Ierland, Ekko C. van - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
this feedback effect by using the technical-change component of the Malmquist productivity index. This approach can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385380
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On the Relationship between R&D and Productivity: a Treatment Effect Analysis
Medda, Giuseppe; Piga, Claudio; Siegel, Donald - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
between R&D expenditures and productivity growth. The analysis considers the different contributions of various forms of R … Productivity (TFP). Thus, this paper answers the call for more research on the links between a firm’s external R&D and its … productivity. In the cross-section econometric analysis, we estimate a Treatment Effects model based on the assumption that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423051
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ICT, Clusters and Regional Cohesion: A Summary of Theoretical and Empirical Research
Maignan, Carole; Pinelli, Dino; Mattei, Fondazione Eni … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
The question of the spatial impacts of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated the intellectual and policy debate for a long time. At the beginning of the 1990s the rise of the Internet brought a new surge of debate: it was argued that the Internet would free the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423154
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Development Accounting with Intermediate Goods
Grobovšek, Jan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
Do intermediate goods help explain relative and aggregate productivity differences across countries? Three observations … depresses aggregate productivity and increases the price ratio of final goods to services. Applying the model to data for middle … intermediate production efficiency of the US, the aggregate productivity gap between the lowest and highest income countries in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421237
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Business Groups as Hierarchies of Firms: Determinants of Vertical Integration and Performance
Altomonte, Carlo; Rungi, Armando - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
complexity and productivity which dominates the already known correlation between vertical integration and productivity. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640989
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Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Modeling with Marginal Abatement Cost Curves: Technical Change, Emission Scenarios and Policy Costs
Carrara, Samuel; Marangoni, Giacomo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
The abatement of non-CO2 greenhouse gases (OGHG) has proved to be of paramount importance for reaching global mitigation targets. The modeling of their abatement is normally carried out referring to marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves, which by now represent a standard approach for such an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904927
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The Unilateral Implementation of a Sustainable Growth Path with Directed Technical Change
Bijgaart, Inge van den - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015
We determine the core characteristics of a climate coalition’s optimal policies in a dynamic two country directed technical change framework. Unilateral policies alter the structure of production and thereby innovation incentives across countries. Whenever feasible, optimal policies implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268584
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Climate Policy and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
Buchner, Barbara; Galeotti, Marzio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
Although developing countries face a drastic increase in their greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation actions against climate change do not rank high among their priorities. The obvious reason lies in the necessity for them to continue the development process, which is characterised by pressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385353
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Environment and Economic Growth: Is Technical Change the Key to Decoupling?
Galeotti, Marzio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
The relationship between economic growth and pollution is very complex, depending upon a host of different factors. Thus the study of this phenomenon represents a challenging endeavor. While most economics papers begin with theory and support that theory with econometric evidence, the literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385358
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Economic Development and Environmental Protection
Galeotti, Marzio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
There is a long-standing debate on the relationship between economic development and environmental quality. From a sustainable development viewpoint there has been a growing concern that the economic expansion of the world economy will cause irreparable damage to our planet. In the last few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385416