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Should we give up after Solyndra? : optimal technology R&D portfolios under uncertainty
Webster, Mort; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Popp, David; … - 2015
Global climate change and other environmental challenges require the development of new energy technologies with lower emissions. In the near-term, R&D investments, either by government or the private sector, can bring down the costs of these lower emission technologies. However, the results of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298511
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Who stands on the shoulders of Chinese (scientific) giants? : evidence from chemistry
Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023
In recent decades, Chinese researchers have become preeminent contributors to the scientific enterprise, as reflected by the number of publications originating from Chinese research institutions. China's rise in science has the potential to push forward the global frontier, but mere production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013489712
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Legal institutions, innovation and growth
Anderlini, Luca; Felli, Leonardo; Immordino, Giovanni; … - 2011
We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation and growth. We compare a rigid (law set ex … welfare, amount of innovation and output growth at intermediate stages of technological development - periods when legal … excessive (greater than first-best) R&D investment and output growth. -- legal system ; commitment ; flexibility ; innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153886
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Fiscal and regulatory instruments for clean technology development in the European Union
Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Popp, David - 2015
This policy note investigates whether the current level of public support to environment-friendly technologies is sufficient to allow European countries to respond to the multiple challenges posed by climate change and other environmental concerns. We first lay out the justifications for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519926
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Innovation and spillovers : evidence from European regions
Bottazzi, Laura; Peri, Giovanni - 2000
The importance of innovation for the economic performance of industrialized countries has been largely stressed … innovation, is the key parameter in determining sustained growth in a model with endogenous technological change. This paper … takles the extremely important task of identifying and estimating a production function of innovation for European regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781621
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A strategic R&D investment with flexible development time in real option game analysis
Villani, Giovanni - 2009
The real option theory provides a useful tool to evaluate an R&D investment under uncertainty because, unlike the NPV (Net Present Value), it considers the managerial flexibility that may be expand the investment opportunity value. However, most R&D investment projects are open to competing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872189
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International energy R&D spillovers and the economics of greenhouse gas atmospheric stabilization
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003624058
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Strategic R&D with knowledge spillovers and endogenous time to complete
Lukach, Ruslan (contributor); Kort, Peter M. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003498769
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Outsourcing in contests
Meland, Frode (contributor); Straume, Odd Rune (contributor) - 2006
We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing increases competition between the contestants, leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301026
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The monopolistic polluter under environmental liability law : incentives for abatement and R&D
Endres, Alfred; Friehe, Tim - 2011
This paper analyzes the output, abatement, and investment decisions made by a monopolistic polluter under environmental liability law. The model applied considers both integrated and end-of-pipe abatement technologies. We find that in the case of fixed technology, in many instances negligence...
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