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Knowledge spillovers, ICT and productivity growth
Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cécilia - 2014
This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the...
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Defensive Innovations
Koeniger, Winfried - 2002
Defensive innovations in developed countries can explain the empirical phenomenon that openness towards trade with less-developed countries does not necessarily induce a substantial increase in the wage differential and trade volumes. Building on step-by-step innovations as introduced by Aghion...
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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 …
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Traits, imitation, and evolutionary dynamics
Schnedler, Wendelin (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Public support for innovation, intangible investment and productivity growth in the UK market sector
Haskel, Jonathan; Wallis, Gavin - 2010
Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues … innovation policy should focus on direct spending on research councils. -- Intangible assets ; productivity ; R&D ; spillovers …
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Direct, spillover and welfare effects of regional firm subsidies
Siegloch, Sebastian; Wehrhöfer, Nils; Etzel, Tobias - 2021
We analyze the effects of a large place-based policy, subsidizing up to 50% of investment costs of manufacturing firms in East Germany after reunification. We show that a 1-percentage-point decrease in the subsidy rate leads to a 1% decrease in manufacturing employment. We document important...
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Racing with or against the machine? : evidence from Europe
Gregory, Terry; Salomons, Anna; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2019
A fast-growing literature shows that digital technologies are displacing labor from routine tasks, raising concerns that labor is racing against the machine. We develop a task-based framework to estimate the aggregate labor demand and employment effects of routine-replacing technological change...
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Spillovers and substitutability in production
Papps, Kerry L.; Bryson, Alex - 2019
Can the existence of positive productivity spillovers between co-workers be explained by the presence of complementarities in a firm's production function? A simple model demonstrates that this is possible when workers perform their tasks sequentially and part of individuals' pay is determined...
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Government subsidies as a risk-sharing policy tool in innovation investment
Lu, Hao; Fuentes, Claudia de; Milla, Joniada; Ahmadi, Soheil - 2022
Current literature on the impact assessment of government innovation subsidies is mainly empirical driven and lacks an … improve the effectiveness of government support for innovation. …
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R&D decisions and productivity growth : evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2024
-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …
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