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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 …. Innovative areas in China, rather than generate knowledge spillovers, seem to produce strong backwash effects. In India, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125988
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Institutions and the implementation of EU public policy in Greece: the case of public procurement.
Dimitrakopoulos, Dionyssis G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
discussion of the way in which the Greek central government utilises the tools of government to steer the implementation of EU … on the implementation of public policy and on new primary research, it seeks to demonstrate that the pattern of … implementation is dynamic, i.e. it changes over time. In that sense,it challenges the view of Greece as part of a ‘world of neglect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200627
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Implementation and renegotiation
Maskin, Eric; Moore, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
The paper characterises the choice rules that can be implemented when agents are unable to commit themselves not to renegotiate the mechanism.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745454
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Do membership benefits buy regulatory compliance?: an empirical analysis of EU directives 1978-1999
Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
benefits also affect member states' implementation of these rules. Using econometric techniques, we estimate the influence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746095
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Social networks and technology adoption in Northern Mozambique
Bandiera, Oriana; Rasul, Imran - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
Despite their potentially strong impact on poverty, agricultural innovations are often adopted slowly. Using a unique household dataset on sunflower adoption in Mozambique, we analyse whether and how individual adoption decisions depend upon the choices of others in the same social networks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884493
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Trade, technology adoption and wage inequalities: theory and evidence
Bas, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
This paper develops a model of trade that features heterogeneous firms, technology choice and different types of skilled labor in a general equilibrium framework. Its main contribution is to explain the impact of trade integration on technology adoption and wage inequalities. It also provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744963
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Pollution permits, strategic trading and dynamic technology adoption
Moreno-Bromberg, Santiago; Taschini, Luca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
This paper analyzes the dynamic incentives for technology adoption under a transferable permits system, which allows for strategic trading on the permit market. Initially, firms can invest both in low-emitting production technologies and trade permits. In the model, technology adoption and...
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Competing technologies in the database management systems market
Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
In this paper, we study the dynamics of the market for Database Management Systems (DBMS), which is commonly assumed to possess network effects and where there is still some viable competition in our study period, 2000 – 2004. Specifically, we make use of a unique and detailed dataset on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746425
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Temporary protection and technology adoption: evidence from the Napoleonic blockade
Juhász, Réka - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper uses a natural experiment to assess whether temporary protection from trade with industrial leaders can foster development of infant industries in follower countries. Using a new dataset compiled from primary sources, I find that in the short-run regions (départements) in the French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126153
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The emergence of electronic trading in global financial markets: envisioning the role of futures exchanges in the next millennium
Scott, Susan V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
This paper describes our case study based research exploring the shift from traditional ‘open-outcry’ to electronic trading in the major futures Markets in London and Chicago. We outline the emergence of electronic trading in these Markets, with the aim of examining the influences that will...
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