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Strategies and counter-strategies: China in the Andean region of South America
Chimienti, Ádam; Creutzfeldt, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
By employing a comparative method that analyzes China’s increasing presence in different Latin America countries, this study explores key features and implications of Beijing’s approach towards this region. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are used as case studies to evaluate China’s diplomatic...
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Survive another day: does uncertain financing affect the composition of investment?
Garicano, Luis; Steinwender, Claudia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
); reduce investment drastically (by 19); and reduce very substantially process innovation and information technology investment …
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The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Storper, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This article analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is … contrast, innovation is much more dependent on a combination of good local socioeconomic structures and investment in science …
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Do inventors talk to strangers? on proximity and collaborative knowledge creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
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Investing for prosperity: skills, infrastructure and innovation
Besley, Timothy; Coelho, Miguel; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
, major weaknesses with respect to long-run investment in human capital, infrastructure and innovation remain. These are …
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HIV prevalence and sexual behaviour at older ages in rural Malawi
Freeman, Emily; Anglewicz, Philip - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Research on HIV infection and sexual behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa typically focuses on individuals aged 15–49 years, under the assumption that both become less relevant for older individuals. We test this assumption using data from rural Malawi to compare sexual behaviour and HIV infection...
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Internationalization and innovation of firms: evidence and policy
Altomonte, Carlo; Aquilante, Tommaso; Békés, Gábor; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France …-level characteristics across countries and sectors. We also find that the positive correlation between internationalization and innovation … internationalization goes beyond export and because, in the medium to long term, internationalization is likely driven by innovation. We …
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Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies
Dechezlepretre, Antoine; Martin, Ralf; Mohnen, Myra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies? We use patent citation data to investigate the relative intensity of knowledge spillovers in clean and dirty technologies in two technological fields: energy production and transportation. We introduce a new...
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Sustainability and well-being indicators
Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of sustainability with that of well-being. It starts with some commonly agreed definitions of sustainability, showing how most well-being indicators tell us little if anything at all...
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Integrated EUA and CER price modeling and application for spread option pricing
Barrieu, Pauline; Fehr, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
In this paper we propose a market consistent futures price dynamics model for cap-andtrade schemes, designed in the spirit of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Historical price dynamics for the EU ETS suggest that, both, European emission Allowances (EUAs) and Certified...
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