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The Impact of Location on Firm Growth
Audretsch, David B; Dohse, Dirk - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper links the performance of new technology firms, measured in terms of growth, to geographic location. We introduce a model of firm growth that is specific to characteristics of the location as well as the firm and industry. The model is estimated using a new dataset identifying the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124462
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On the Sources of Convergence: A Close Look at the Spanish Regions
de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
We investigate the sources of productivity convergence using panel data for the Spanish regions. As a framwork, we develop a simple descriptive growth model which allows for factor accumulation, technological diffusion and rate effects from human capital and which includes fixed regional effects...
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Knowledge Spillovers and the Growth of Local Industries
Forni, Mario; Paba, Sergio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
The literature on localised knowledge spillovers and growth focuses on the relative importance of intra vs. inter-industry externalities, but the nature and the characteristics of the dynamic linkages across manufacturing sectors are not investigated. In this Paper we perform a very...
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
dirty innovation and production; (ii) optimal policy involves both .carbon taxes. and research subsidies, so that excessive … the switch to clean innovation under laissez-faire when the two inputs are substitutes. Under reasonable parameter values …
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Digital Goods and the New Economy
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …
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Technology in Growth
Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
We review the role of R&D in endogenous growth theory, and describe extant empirical research – macro and micro – bearing on R&D as an engine of growth. Taking R&D to be key, while recognizing the significance of economic incentives, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more...
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Contract Enforcement, Comparative Advantage and Long-Run Growth
Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
-country dynamic Ricardian model with endogenous innovation and hold-up problems, the value chain consists of two activities …, innovation and production. Entry in the market happens through R&D and entrants face two decisions. The 'location decision … perform innovation and production within the same vertically integrated structure or not. In this framework, the quality of …
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Matching Demand and Supply in a Weightless Economy: Market-Driven Creativity With and Without IPRs
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
creativity. Markets for intellectual assets protected by IP rights can produce too much or too little innovation. …
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To What Extent Should Less-Developed Countries Enforce Intellectual Property?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
countries (LDCs). It starts by discussing the consequences of IP enforcement in LDCs for global innovation and welfare in poorer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504337
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Technological Change, Trade in Intermediates and the Joint Impact on Productivity
Bøler, Esther Ann; Moxnes, Andreas; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper examines the interdependence between innovation and imports of intermediates, and their joint impact on …
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