We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is …

innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …

This Paper surveys the economic literature on the impact of trade unions on innovation. There are many theoretical … routes through which unions may have an effect on innovation, for example through their effects on relative factor prices …&D, innovation, technological diffusion and productivity growth. North American results find consistently strong and negative impacts …

We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to …

An inventor can invest research effort to come up with an innovation. Once an innovation is made, a contract is …

produced at least one major innovation at any time in the United Kingdom from 1945–82. Both datasets yield the same conclusion …

This paper investigates the impact of innovation on employment using a panel of UK manufacturing firms and a headcount … bargaining models. It also argues that the innovation effect can be used to distinguish between shirking models and union … bargains. Innovation is found to have positive effect on company employment raising it by 9--12% in the short run and up to 40 …