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Financial constraints and innovation: Why poor countries don't catch up

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

constraints affect a firm's innovation and export activities. Theoretical predictions are tested using unique firm survey data … these constraints force export and innovation activities to become substitutes even when these activities are natural …

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We use firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country (i.e., spillovers). Providing evidence from a larger...

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We use rich firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country (i.e., spillovers). We document that backward...

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Complementarities in Innovation Policy

Mohnen, Pierre; Röller, Lars-Hendrik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper develops a framework for testing discrete complementarities in innovation policy using European data on … obstacles to innovation. We propose a discrete test of supermodularity in innovation policy leading to a number of inequality … constraints. We apply our test to two types of innovation decisions: to innovate or not, and if so, by how much. We find that …

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...

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WHICH FIRMS USE UNIVERSITIES AS COOPERATION PARTNERS? – THE COMPARATIVE VIEW IN EUROPE

Rõigas, Kärt; Seppo, Marge; Varblane, Urmas; Mohnen, … - Majandusteaduskond, Tartu Ülikool - 2014

Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data for 14 European countries. Our model incorporates three groups of variables which could … firm, the second group measures different innovation activities and the third group describes the internationalisation of …

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