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Evolutionary thinking in environmental economics

Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007

Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...

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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship

Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009 - Current version: May 2009

Total factor productivity of twenty OECD countries for a recent period (1971-2002) is explained using six different models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present paper it is shown that – when this variable is added...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378136

Uncertain technological change under capital mobility

Hek, Paul A. de - 2005

The analysis in this paper shows that unpredictable variations in economic productivity may have a positive or negative effect on the average growth rate of output. This theoretical ambiguity result is not solely determined by the value of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343279

Endogenous technological change under uncertainty

Hek, Paul A. de - 2002

How does risk or uncertainty in the productivity of research affect the growth rate of the economy? To answer this question, a model of endogenous technological change is used where sustained growth stems from intentional investments in R&D from profit-maximizing firms. The uncertainty arises...

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Lobbying on entry

Perotti, Enrico C.; Volpin, Paolo - 2004

We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequalityand political accountability undermine entry … earned withless competition. Entry and investor protection improve when wealth distribu-tion becomes less unequal, and the … greater accountability is associated with higher entry in sectors that are more dependent on external capital and have greater …

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Business ownership and economic growth in 23 OECD countries

Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, … - 2000

that low barriers to entry and exit of self-employed/businesses are necessary conditions for the equilibrium seeking …

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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000

Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2004

This paper deals with the influence of cultural attitudes towards uncertainty on the level of businessownership across countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second, cross-sectional regression analysis using data for...

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Knowledge spillovers and economic growth

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Nieuwenhuijsen, Henry R. - 2002

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not … this controversy using a model of regional growth. The model also deals with the impact of local competition on innovation …

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International competition, growth and welfare

Tang, Paul J. G.; Wälde, Klaus - 1996

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Firm size and monetary policy transmission : evidence from German business survey data

Ehrmann, Michael - 2000

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