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The Acquisition and Commercialization of Invention in American Manufacturing: Incidence and Impact
Arora, Ashish; Cohen, Wesley M.; Walsh, John P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
, suppliers and technology specialists. We also estimate the contribution of each source to innovation in the US economy. Although … rate of innovation in the economy. Indeed, results from a multinomial logit model suggest that, were the outside … availability of innovation to be removed, the percentage of innovating firms in the U.S. manufacturing sector would drop from 18 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951285
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What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation
Sauermann, Henry; Cohen, Wesley M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
to benefit innovation more than extrinsic motives such as pay. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720889
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Intellectual Returnees as Drivers of Indigenous Innovation: Evidence from the Chinese Photovoltaic Industry
Luo, Siping; Lovely, Mary E.; Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
and also promote neighboring firm innovation. We find no tendency for export intensive firms to patent more. Controlling …We offer new evidence on indigenous innovation and intellectual returnees by estimating the relationship between … approach combines data from three sources: the industrial census, international and domestic patent records, and leadership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821841
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Coping with Shocks and Shifts: The Multilateral Trading System in Historical Perspective
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Irwin, Douglas A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper provides a historical look at how the multilateral trading system has coped with the challenge of shocks and shifts. By shocks we mean sudden jolts to the world economy in the form of financial crises and deep recessions, or wars and political conflicts. By shifts we mean slow-moving,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368125
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U.S. Trade Policy Since 1934: An Uneven Path Toward Greater Trade Liberalization
Baldwin, Robert E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper presents a comprehensive but relatively brief historical survey of U.S. trade-policy over the last 75 years. It is aimed at individuals who are not already familiar with the concepts and terminology used in discussions of trade policy and the domestic and international institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008627160
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The WTO: Theory and Practice
Bagwell, Kyle; Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We consider the purpose and design of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, GATT. We review recent developments in the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. And we describe the GATT/WTO architecture and briefly trace its historical antecedents. We suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008628362
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The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?
Eichengreen, Barry; Irwin, Douglas A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
The Great Depression was marked by a severe outbreak of protectionist trade policies. But contrary to the presumption that all countries scrambled to raise trade barriers, there was substantial cross-country variation in the movement to protectionism. Specifically, countries that remained on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040637
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Domestic Policies, National Sovereignty and International Economic Institutions
Bagwell, Kyle; Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999
To what extent must nations cede control over their economic and social policies if global efficiency is to be achieved in an interdependent world? This question is at the center of the debate over the future role of GATT (and its successor, the WTO) in the realm of labor and environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710583
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Big-Think Regionalism: A Critical Survey
Baldwin, Richard - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Small Think Regionalism focused on the Vinerian question: "Would a nation gain from joining a trade bloc?" Big Think Regionalism considers regionalism's systemic impact on the world trading system, focusing mainly on two questions: "Does spreading regionalism harm world welfare?" and "Does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714623
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The Simple Economics of Labor Standards and the GATT
Bagwell, Kyle; Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998
How should the issue of domestic labor standards be handled in the GATT/ WTO? This question is part of a broader debate over the appropriate scope of international economic institutions such as the GATT, where member-countries are considering proposals for a new round of n3 negotiations that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718437