The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …

The paper addresses the dynamic-incentive effect of environmental policy instruments when innovation is uncertain and …) and downstream (car recycling/recovery) of the ELV system can give rise to different “innovation paths”, in accordance … involved. The impact of economic instruments on innovation paths, in particular free take-back, is considered. Deficiencies or …

differences of results are important as they can influence innovation policies. …

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

environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … existing studies focusing on Europe investigate the effect of environmental regulation either on green innovation or on … performance indicators such as exports. We instead look at overall innovation and productivity impact that are the most relevant …

We study the interactions between technological innovation, investment in human capital and child labor. In our setting … firms decide on innovation, then households decide on education. In equilibrium the presence of inefficient child labor … on child labor are welfare reducing, while a subsidy to innovation is the right tool to eliminate child labor and …

This paper analyses the effect of skilled migration on two measures of innovation, patenting and citations of … diversity consistently increases the innovation performance of European Countries. …

This paper investigates the connection between resource abundance and innovation, as a transmission mechanism that can …, consumers trade off leisure versus consumption, and firms trade off innovation efforts versus manufacturing. For this model, we … indirectly by inducing a smaller proportion of the labor force to engage in innovation. …

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