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development of new energy technologies (Popp, 2017). Energy innovation tends to consist of a series of partially overlapping …
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time elapsed since the last major general purpose technology innovation in the sector -- determines the pattern of scale …
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We explore the determinants of research specialization across countries and its consequences for relative wages. Using a dynamic Ricardian model we examine the effects of faster international technology diffusion and lower trade barriers on the incentive to innovate. In the absence of any...
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various dimensions of upgrading --- learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …
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I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is … performance, and the impact on pharmaceutical patenting and domestic innovation. The conclusion suggests that patents may be …
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This note accompanies the Cross-country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries since 1800. The data is available for download at: http://www.nber.org/data/chat We...
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While many studies have looked at innovation and adoption of technologies separately, the two processes are linked …
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This paper investigates changes in the output and productivity of research and development activities in Japanese manufacturing firms over the 1980s and 1990s. Evidence from aggregate patent and R&D statistics and a micro-level analysis of R&D productivity at the firm-level suggest that there...
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present a multicountry model of technological innovation and diffusion which has the implication that, for a wide range of …
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The "market for innovation" -- the sale and licensing of patents -- is an often discussed source of incentives to … assumptions, allows us to quantify the gains resulting from the transfer of patents in the market for innovation. The gains from …
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