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Environmental policy and innovation : a decade of research

Popp, David - 2019

Encouraging innovation is an important part of environmental policy. A large literature in environmental economics examines the links between environmental policy and innovation. This paper reviews recent literature on green innovation. I highlight major trends in the literature, including an...

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Synergizing ventures

Akcigit, Ufuk; Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2019

Venture capital (VC) and growth are examined both empirically and theoretically. Empirically, VC-backed startups have higher early growth rates and initial patent quality than non-VC-backed ones. VC-backing increases a startup's likelihood of reaching the right tails of the firm size and...

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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...

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Investment policy for time-inconsistent discounters

Harstad, Bård - 2013

the current principal prefers her future self to save more, she can increase current investments complementary to future … savings and decrease investments in the strategic substitutes, for example. To characterize the principalś choices they are … benefits from subsidizing investments in "green" capital (complementary to future savings) and tax investments in substitute …

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Exit dynamics of start-up firms : does profit matter?

Golombek, Rolf; Raknerud, Arvid - 2015

We estimate by means of indirect inference a structural economic model where firms’ exit and investment decisions are the solution to a discrete-continuous dynamic programming problem. In the model the exit probability depends on the current capital stock and a measure of short-run...

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Estimating fluctuations in oil and gas investment

Dahl, Roy Endré; Osmundsen, Petter - 2014

Governments in extraction countries are anxious to estimate expected investment in development projects, since they represent an essential element of the macro economy. The overall level of activity is also crucial to oil companies, since the macro picture affects cost levels, the supplies...

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Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications

Genakos, Christos; Valletti, Tommaso M.; Verboven, Frank - 2017

We study the dual relationship between market structure and prices and between market structure and investment in mobile telecommunications. Using a uniquely constructed panel of mobile operators’ prices and accounting information across 33 OECD countries between 2002 and 2014, we document...

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Identity and economic incentives

Donkor, Kwabena; Götte, Lorenz; Müller, Maximilian W.; … - 2023

This paper examines how beliefs and preferences drive identity-conforming consumption or investments. We introduce a …

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Vertical integration in tradable green certificate markets

Coria, Jessica; Jaraitė, Jūratė - 2024

of the Swedish TGC system confirms these findings, revealing that vertically integrated firms did not experience profit …

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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...

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