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Quadratic Costs, Innovation and Welfare : The Role of Technology
Marjit, Sugata - 2020
In a Cournot oligopoly set up with constant marginal cost and linear demand, innovation is rewarding. In this paper we … work with a Cournot oligopoly framework with increasing marginal cost and linear demand and show that innovation may not be … interaction we attempt to capture and explain is the one of technology with the possibility of innovation via the intensity of …
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Platform Design and Innovation Incentives : Evidence from the Product Ratings System on Apple's App Store
Leyden, Benjamin T. - 2021
, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224087
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The Role of Human Capital in Structural Change and Growth in an Open Economy : Innovative and Absorptive Capacity Effects
Bye, Brita; Faehn, Taran - 2021
Since the financial crisis in 2008, slow growth has riddled Europe and the Covid-19 pandemic is amplifying the challenge. Promoting economic growth and transforming to a more knowledge-based industrial structure will be high on the agenda for the coming decades. We study how more and better...
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Language as a Renewable Resource : Import, Dissipation, and Absorption of Innovations
Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2021
The structural stability of different languages subject to the import of external elements is analyzed. We focus on the temporal side of the different processes interacting to produce a change in the structure of the language. That is, the rate of import and dissipation of new elements is seen...
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Tying in two-sided markets with multi-homing
Choi, Jay Pil - 2007
This paper analyzes the effects of tying arrangements on market competition and social welfare in two-sided markets when economic agents can engage in multi-homing; that is, they can participate in multiple platforms in order to reap maximal network benefits. The model shows that tying induces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264187
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Digital piracy: Theory
Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2010
This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274976
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Redistribution and occupational choice in a Schumpeterian growth model
Garcίa-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Wen, Jean-François - 2004
We consider an R&D-driven endogenous growth model in which innovation is risky and agents are risk averse. Growth is … social insurance, thus encouraging innovation and accelerating growth. The general equilibrium effects of the reallocation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273729
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Creative destruction and productive preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - 2013
We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291511
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Entrepreneurial innovations and taxation
Haufler, Andreas; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2011
-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275011
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Innovation, trade, and finance
Egger, Peter; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2011
This paper proposes a model where heterogeneous firms choose whether to undertake R&D or not. Innovative firms are more productive, have larger investment opportunities and lower own funds for necessary tangible continuation investments than non-innovating firms. As a result, they are...
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