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Interoperability and market foreclosure in the European Microsoft case

Kuhn, Kai Uwe; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

incentives and (b) innovation effects of the proposed remedy. We discuss the economic basis for the Commission’s claims that … and argue that the effects on innovation are not unambiguously negative as Microsoft claim. We conclude with some general … implications of the case for anti-trust enforcement in high innovation sectors. …

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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry

Aghion, Philippe; Dechezlepretre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

innovation distinguishing between “dirty” (internal combustion engine) and “clean” (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …

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Mapping the two faces of R&D : productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

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Financial institutions and the wealth of nations: tales of development

Tong, Jian; Chenggang, Xu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … effective for innovation. However, this regime requires more decentralized decision-making, which in turn depend on contract …

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The evaluation of the electronic prescription service in primary care: interim report on the findings from the evaluation in early implementer sites

Hibberd, Ralph; Barber, Nick; Cornford, Tony; Lichtner, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This report provides and interim account of some aspects of research undertaken in to the adoptions and use of the electronic prescription service (EPS) in England. The role of EPS is a fundamentally simple one. It allows the transmission of prescription messages and digitally-signed...

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Financial institutions and the wealth of nations: tales of development

Tong, Jian; Xu, Cheng-Gang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

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The contribution of schooling in development accounting: results from a nonparametric upper bound

Caselli, Francesco; Ciccone, Antonio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to the development accounting literature by describing a nonparametric upper bound on the increase in output that can be generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach...

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The effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure

Ioannides, Yannis M.; Overman, Henry G.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

The geographic concentration of economic activity occurs because transport costs for goods, people and ideas give individuals and organisations incentives to locate close to each other. Historically, all of these costs have been falling. Such changes could lead us to predict the death of...

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Accounting for research and productivity growth across industries

Ngai, L. Rachel; Samaniego, Roberto M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

What factors underlie industry differences in research intensity and productivity growth? We develop a multi-sector endogenous growth model allowing for industry specific parameters in the production functions for output and knowledge, and in consumer preferences. We find that long run industry...

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Educational attainment, labour market institutions, and the structure of production

Nickell, Stephen J; Redding, Stephen; Swaffield, Joanna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

A key feature of OECD economic growth since the early 1970s has been the secular decline in manufacturing’s share of GDP and the secular rise of service sectors. This paper examines the role played by relative prices, technology, factor endowments, and labour market institutions in the process...

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