It has been suggested in the literature that taxes and subsidies play an important role in explaining the differences … explaining this variation. I analyse two types of policies: childcare subsidies and family cash benefits. I distinguish between … people with children and people without children. Childcare subsidies should increase working hours in the economy and these …

cumulative innovation. This paper studies the effects of strategic patenting on R&D, patenting and market value in the computer … evidence that both strategic patenting and R&D spillovers strongly affect innovation and market value of software firms. …

When will reducing trade barriers against a low wage country cause innovation to increase in high wage regions like the … cost of innovating falls. Interestingly, the “China shock” is more likely to induce innovation than liberalization with … be faster long-run growth through innovation in the US and that, in the short run, this is magnified by the trapped …

cumulative innovation. This paper studies the effects of strategic patenting on R&D, patenting and market value in the computer … evidence that both strategic patenting and R&D spillovers strongly affect innovation and market value of software firms. …