-1994. The interaction of this pre-existing network structure with patent growth in upstream technology fields has strong …

change or globalization, but also by the dynamics of factor taxation, automation capital (robots), and population growth … shares and in automation capital. Second, we analyse and calibrate a neoclassical growth model extended to include factor …

Financial constraints are an important impediment to the growth of small businesses. We study theoretically and … decisions and growth of principals, in the context of franchising. We find that a 30 percent decrease in average … waiting time, and slows their growth by around 10 percent, leading to a 10 percent reduction in franchised chain employment. …

This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the … engineers diverged in their growth trajectories over the next century. The results are supported by historical case studies from …

We analyze the impact of EU structural and cohesion funds on economic growth of European regions, using 2SLS to tackle … economic growth in the EU. The inter-regional spillovers in the effect of Cohesion Policy on regional growth are found to be … redistribution: institutional reform can also help boost growth performance. …

, both at the level of the outcome variable - usually national income or growth - as well as on the level of the independent … entire world for the period 1992-2013 we find that earthquakes reduce both light growth rates and light levels significantly …