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 in relation to the rate at which a language absorbs such new elements into its …

This paper develops a theory of oligopoly and markups in general equilibrium. Firms compete in a network of product …

Using new data on linguistic diversity across and within countries, we examine novel channels though which language … of estimated ‘home bias’, demonstrating the importance of shared languages for domestic integration. To highlight the … general equilibrium implications of domestic language proximity, we simulate the repeal of Quebec’s Bill 101, which made …

Social norms, though often implicit, are to a great extent communicated and made salient using natural language. They … languages with grammatical gender, the nouns and the grammatical structure they are embedded in mark them as either male, female …

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous …

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 …

, innovation …