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Dynamic Models of R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence for Dutch and French Manufacturing
Raymond, Wladimir; Mairesse, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre; … - CESifo - 2013
This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670799
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Market Access through Bound Tariffs
Sala, Davide; Schröder, Philipp J.H.; Yalcin, Erdal - CESifo - 2009
WTO negotiations deal predominantly with bound - besides applied - tariff rates. But, how can reductions in tariffs ceilings, i.e. tariff rates that no exporter may ever actually be confronted with, generate market access? The answer to this question relates to the effects of tariff bindings on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534023
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Controlling Complexity in Spatial Modelling
Paelinck, Jean - CESifo - 2000
The present complexity approach is based on two assumptions: A1: measurability of deviations of outcomes with respect to reference values; A2 : extension of A1 to multi-set analysis. Complexity is then defined in terms of multi-set deviation compared to single-set ones; an interpretation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181604
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Pollution and Resource Extraction: Do they Matter for the Dynamics of Growth?
Economides, George; Philippopoulos, Apostolis - CESifo - 2000
in DCs), or as resource extraction (which is supposed to be the case in LDCs), matters for the dynamics of the optimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406053
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The Impact of R&D Cooperations on Drug Variety Offered on the Market. Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Banerjee, Tannista; Siebert, Ralph - CESifo - 2014
Our study puts special attention to the fact that R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry are formed at different stages throughout the drug development process. We study if the timing to engage in R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry has different impacts on the technology...
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Competition between State Universities
Grazzini, Lisa - 2011
We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128543
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Competition and Trust : Evidence from German Car Manufacturers
Felli, Leonardo - 2011
We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129248
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Emotions in Litigation Contests
Baumann, Florian - 2011
This paper introduces the concept of emotions into the standard litigation contest. Positive (negative) emotions emerge when litigants win (lose) at trial and are dependent in particular on the level of defendant fault. Our findings establish that standard results of litigation contests change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129864
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A Simple Model of Health Insurance Competition
Kemnitz, Alexander - 2010
This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136650
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Bank Competition, Asset Allocations and Risk of Failure : An Empirical Investigation
Boyd, John H. - 2010
This study is an empirical investigation of theoretical predictions concerning the impact of bank competition on bank … risk and asset allocations. Recent work (Boyd, De Nicolò and Jalal, 2009, BDNJ henceforth) predicts that as competition in … of competition. We also find that as competition intensifies, borrower risk decreases and the loan-to-asset ratio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137391