this analysis, we use patent citations as a proxy for the innovation effort by the acquirer. Our main result is to show … that acquisition increases the innovation effort of the acquirer but only temporarily. After 1.5 year, there is no longer a … significant impact of the acquisition on the acquirer’s innovation effort. This decline is relatively larger when the acquired …

Taiwan) and examines the suitability of a Greater China currency union. Currently, the three economies have extensive trade …

The status of real and financial integration of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan is investigated using monthly data on one …

Using Dutch data we empirically investigate how financing and innovation vary across firm characteristics. We find that … when firms face financial constraints, debt financing and innovation choices are not independent of firm characteristics …

workers contribute positively. We propose a theoretical model, highlighting the relationship between demographics, innovation …

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … exogenous to firms export performance. We find that innovation attributable to this variation leads to an increase of roughly 7 …

emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U ….S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure …