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The 'Names Game': Harnessing Inventors Patent Data for Economic Research
Melamed, Ran; Shiff, Gil; Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The goal of this paper is to lay out a methodology and corresponding computer algorithms, that allow us to extract the detailed data on inventors contained in patents, and harness it for economic research. Patent data has long been used in empirical research in economics, and yet the information...
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Digital Goods and the New Economy
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Digital goods are bit strings, sequences of 0s and 1s, that have economic value. They are distinguished from other goods by five characteristics: digital goods are non-rival, infinitely expansible, discrete, aspatial, and recombinant. The New Economy is one where the economics of digital goods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067419
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Technology in Growth
Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497933
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Information Technology and the Knowledge Elites
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
proportion of knowledge workers in employment, depending on the response of the overall demand for knowledge to the implied … reduction in the cost of acquiring it. In my model, knowledge (in a broad sense) is an input into the production function of … knowledge input in the production of human capital. An improvement in IT is modelled as an increase in the number of people who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791349
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Cross-Country Growth Comparison: Theory to Empirics
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
of knowledge and technology in economic growth. …
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The Effects of Remedial Mathematics on the Learning of Economics: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Lagerlöf, Johan N. M.; Seltzer, Andrew J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper examines the effects of remedial mathematics on performance in university-level economics courses using a natural experiment. We study exam results prior and subsequent to the implementation of a remedial mathematics course that was compulsory for a sub-set of students and unavailable...
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Mapping prices into productivity in multisector growth models
Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Samaniego, Roberto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Two issues related to mapping a multi-sector model into a reduced-form value-added model are often neglected: the composition of intermediate goods, and the distinction between the productivity indices for value added and for gross output. We illustrate their significance for growth accounting...
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Industrial Policy and Competition
Aghion, Philippe; Dewatripont, Mathias; Du, Liqun; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The economic slowdown in the 70s in Latin America and Japan in the late 90s, generated a growing skepticism about the role of industrial policy in the process of economic development. Yet, new considerations have emerged over the recent period, which invite us to revisit the issue. This paper...
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation. Research can be directed...
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The Macroeconomics of Model T
Foellmi, Reto; Wuergler, Tobias; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We study a model of endogenous growth where firms invest both in product and process innovations. Product innovations (that open up completely new product lines) satisfy the advanced wants of the rich. Subsequent process innovations (that decrease costs per unit of quality) transform the...
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