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Intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers in OECD manufacturing: a spatial econometric perspective
Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter - 2008
We adopt a spatial econometric approach to estimate intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers in total factor … productivity transmitted through input-output relations in a sample of 13 OECD countries and 15 manufacturing industries. Both R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264277
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Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland
Costa-i-Font, Joan; García-Hombrados, Jorge; … - 2020
Education can serve skill formation and socialisation goals both of which are conducive to desirable economic outcomes. However, the political manipulation of the school curricula can give rise to indoctrination effects with counterproductive welfare consequences on its pupils. This paper...
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Corporate taxation and the quality of research and development
Ernst, Christof; Richter, Katharina; Riedel, Nadine - 2013
This paper examines the impact of tax incentives on corporate research and development (R&D) activity. Traditionally, R&D tax incentives have been provided in the form of special tax allowances and tax credits. In recent years, several countries moreover reduced their income tax rates on R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291886
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Global Collaborative Patents
Pekkala, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
estimates connecting country-industry productivity and exports, and the study exploits heterogeneous technology diffusion from …. The instrumented elasticity of export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter’s productivity growth is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584915
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Environmental policy and innovation: a decade of research
Popp, David - 2019
Encouraging innovation is an important part of environmental policy. A large literature in environmental economics examines the links between environmental policy and innovation. This paper reviews recent literature on green innovation. I highlight major trends in the literature, including an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018235
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Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry
Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023
In recent decades, Chinese researchers have become preeminent contributors to the scientific enterprise, as reflected by the number of publications originating from Chinese research institutions. China's rise in science has the potential to push forward the global frontier, but mere production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290127
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … productivity, to a "Marxian" zone where they paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given … creativity is more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from …
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Synergizing Ventures
Akcigit, Ufuk; Dinlersoz, Emin M.; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2019
Venture capital (VC) and growth are examined both empirically and theoretically. Empirically, VC-backed startups have higher early growth rates and initial patent quality than non-VC-backed ones. VC-backing increases a startup’s likelihood of reaching the right tails of the firm size and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141061
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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
productivity growth: to increase the innovative capacity by participating in research and development (R&D), and to increase the …
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