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Sooner rather than later: social networks and technology adoption
Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Satish, Varun; Sulaiman, Munshi; … - 2021
Using data from a randomised experiment in Kenya, we estimate the causal effect of social networks on technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517246
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Can agricultural extension and input support be discontinued? : evidence from a randomized phaseout in Uganda
Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobić, Vida; … - 2019
A society that believes wealth to be determined by random "luck", rather than by merit, demands more redistribution. We present evidence of this behavior by exploiting a natural experiment provided by the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009, which hit a large area of Central Italy through a series of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035684
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Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security : evidence from Uganda
Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C.; Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015
food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307901
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How sustainable are benefits from extension for smallholder farmers? : evidence from a randomized phase-out of the BRAC program in Uganda
Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobić, Vida; … - 2017
farming practices among women smallholders in Uganda. We find that while supply of improved seeds through local, BRAC trained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631534
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Money for something : the links between research funding and innovation
Glennon, Britta; Lane, Julia; Sodhi, Ridhima - 2018
Federal research funding to universities is often based on a desire to stimulate innovation - so that they spend … innovation and productivity growth. In this paper we use new data to examine how the main organizational structure used to train …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892649
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The race for an artificial general intelligence : implications for public policy
Naudé, Wim; Dimitri, Nicola - 2018
research is needed to elaborate the design of systems of public procurement of AI innovation and for appropriately adjusting … the legal frameworks underpinning high-tech innovation, in particular dealing with patents created by AI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895813
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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013
innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128350
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Industrialization lessons from BRICS : a comparative analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - 2013
To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786965
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The intellectual spoils of war? : defense R&D, productivity and international spillovers
Moretti, Enrico; Steinwender, Claudia; Van Reenen, John - 2019
which governments shape innovation, and dwarf all other public subsidies for innovation. We examine the impact of government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137049
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Public funding and corporate innovation
Beck, Mathias; Junge, Martin; Kaiser, Ulrich - 2017
, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772302