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Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show that...
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decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly … available information. However, the manager can use her informational advantage to make choices that are not in the best … interest of the principal. As the available public information about the specific technology increases, the trade-off shifts in …
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This paper offers empirical evidence that real exchange rate volatility can have a significant impact on long-term rate of productivity growth, but the effect depends critically on a country's level of financial development. For countries with relatively low levels of financial development,...
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