Does regulation affect the pace and nature of innovation and if so, by how much? We build a tractable and quantifiable … sharp reduction in the firm's innovation response to exogenous demand shocks for firms just below the regulatory threshold …. We then quantitatively fit the parameters of the model to the data, finding that innovation at the macro level is about 5 …

We document that monetary policy has a substantial impact on innovation activities. After a tightening shock of 100 …-based aggregate innovation index, declines by up to 9 percent in the following 2 to 4 years. Based on previous estimates of the … sensitivity of output to innovation activities, these magnitudes imply that output could be 1 percent lower after another 5 years …

service delivery and innovation in over 2,800 cities between 1875-1905. Exploiting the gradual expansion of a major civil … effective postal service contributed to innovation and growth during the Gilded Age …

the allocation and impacts of innovation subsidies, using the data from the China Employer Employee Survey (CEES). We find … that the innovation subsidies are preferentially allocated to state owned firms and politically connected firms. Of these … also find that the firms that receive innovation subsidies file and receive more patents, are more likely to introduce new …

Does social distancing harm innovation? We estimate the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs …

welfare effects and point to migration and, to a lesser extent, innovation as important adaptation mechanisms. We use the …

process innovation. There are strong reasons why an efficient economy ought to concentrate both job creation and destruction …