effects of entry-year electricity prices on subsequent energy intensity. We discuss how this "technology lock-in" increases …

theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries … innovation-dependence by industry from R&D and bilateral trade data. Calibrating the model implies technology gaps, due to cross …This paper studies the origins and consequences of international technology gaps. I develop an endogenous growth model …

industries. The same pattern shows up in the three Dutch Community Innovation Surveys. …

interaction we attempt to capture and explain is the one of technology with the possibility of innovation via the intensity of …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 …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors are more prevalent in the first bulk of patents of a country in a given technology, as compared to patents filed at … later stages. We interpret these results as tangible evidence of migrants facilitating the technology-specific diffusion of …

of job loss vary according to the innovation-related strategies adopted by firms. We take advantage of a unique dataset … firms. We find that the relationship between technological innovations and job insecurity is moderated by firms' technology …

technology shocks in explaining aggregate fluctuations. To this end we estimate the model's posterior density using Markov …

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms' timing of adopting a new technology as well as …. When goods are differentiated enough, adoption occurs later than it is socially optimal. -- technology adoption … ; innovation ; diffusion ; product differentiation …