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Patent statistics: a good indicator for innovation in China? Assessment of impacts of patent subsidy programs on patent quality
Dang, Jangwei; Motohashi, Kazuyuki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates whether patent subsidy programs aimed at promoting regional innovations have aroused a large … number of low-quality applications in China and created biased patent statistics as an indicator for innovations. We found … or low value. However, the patent subsidy programs does not affect the trend of granted patents, particularly for those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110456
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Fiscal policy, public expenditure composition and growth. theory and empirics
Willi, Semmlero; Alfred, Greiner; Bobo, Diallo; Anand, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper responds to the development policy debate involving the World Bank and the IMF on the use of fiscal policy not only for economic stabilization but also to promote economic growth and increase per capita income. A key issue in this debate relates to the effect of the composition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418512
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Central Government's Infrastructure Investment across Chinese Regions: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Data Approach
Zheng, Xinye; Li, Fanghua; Song, Shunfeng; Yu, Yihua - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study employs spatial panel techniques to examine determinants of regional allocation of infrastructure investment made by the central government. Using a sample of 31 Chinese provinces over the 2001-2008 period, we derived four major empirical findings. First, there exist substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113521
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Congestion pricing, infrastructure investment and redistribution
Russo, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We study congestion pricing by a government that has redistributive concerns, in the presence of optimal income taxation. Individuals differ in (unobservable) earning ability and consumption technology for commodities using a congestible network (e.g. roads, Internet). We find, assuming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839208
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Strategic Capacity Investment under Holdup Threats: The Role of Contract Length and Width
Durand-Viel, Laure; Villeneuve, Bertrand - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article analyzes the impact of incomplete contracts’ length on investment in a bilateral relationship. The seller has the power to set the contract terms whereas the buyer decides on the investment level, which acts as a cap on future demand. Two-part tariffs succeed at implementing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636476
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Environmental Economics, Law and Policy: Brazil vis-a-vis India (Part I: Theoretical Modelling)
Das, Rituparna; Das, Mononita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Amidst the perils of industrialization in the forms of environmental impacts of mining and use of energy and destruction of urban biodiversity, it became imperative for the Latin American countries to design environmental policies in accordance with the respective historicity, demography, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240210
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Environmental Policy to Foster a Green Differentiated Energy Market
Gutierrez-Hita, Carlos; Martinez-Sanchez, Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Many products are made by technological processes that cause environmental damage. Current environmental concerns are affecting firms' technological processes as a result of government intervention in markets but also due to environmental awareness on the part of consumers. This paper assumes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258201
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Impact of Improved Maize Adoption on Welfare of Farm Households in Malawi: A Panel Data Analysis
Bezu, Sosina; Kassie, Girma; Shiferaw, Bekele; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
endogeneity of input subsidy and improved maize adoption. We found that modern maize variety adoption is positively correlated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260114
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Nudging parental health behavior with and without children's pestering power: Fat tax, subsidy or both?
Papoutsi, Georgia; Nayga, Rodolfo; Lazaridis, Panagiotis; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
. Results from our lab experiment suggest that (a) implementing a fat tax and a subsidy simultaneously can nudge parents to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260632
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Has the Government Lowered the Hours Worked? Evidence from Japan
Ko, Jun-Hyung - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
declining pattern of hours worked in Japan. Second, consumption tax and subsidy have a limited role in explaining the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004135