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This paper analyzes the role of innovation activities in the export participation of Chinese high-tech firms during the … firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D and product innovation dummies, play only a minor role for domestic … exporters. Foreign-invested firms dominate the high-tech exports but do not rely on indigenous innovation activities. These …
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already visible, other influences are beginning to be felt – arising from China’s coordination, innovation and financing power. …China’s economic rise has transformed the global economy in a number of manufacturing industries. This paper … investigates whether China’s transformative influence extends to the new green economy. Drawing on the debate about how China is …
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-think these approaches as ways to stimulate innovation in China. … underlying inventions – i.e., their ability to be transformed into something useful and thus constitute innovation. And this is … compounded by various regulatory and institutional factors in China. It is also compounded by the fact that the government has …
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Because Hayek’s view goes beyond the Walrasian framework, his descriptive arguments on socialist planned economies are prone to be misunderstood. This paper clarifies Hayek’s arguments by using them as a basis to construct a model of total factor productivity. The model shows that...
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somewhat discourage building of quality patents and related innovation in China. … enforcement of patent rights in China that hamper patent quality. These range from inadequate review systems to requirements and …
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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
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In this paper we study the effect of intra-industry trade in an environmental-quality differentiated good on the pollution level in a two-country framework when there are strategic interactions between the firms in the two countries. The pro-competitive effect of intra-industry trade expands the...
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In this paper I try to analyse the impact of environmental policies in the presence of eco-labelling on the wage level and production levels. For this I start with a general equilibrium framework where a country produces two traded goods using labour and capital, one of which pollutes when...
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In this paper, we construct a political-economy model of international noncooperative environmental policymaking, and examine the strategic incentives for voters to elect an environmental policymaker in open economies. We show that under several circumstances, citizens have an incentive to...
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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...
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