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Firm Heterogeneity and Weak Intellectual Property Rights
Watt, Stanley - 2007
In weak intellectual property rights (IPR) environments, the imitation of proprietary technology by domestic firms has become a deterrent for foreign investment. Different multinationals may view this deterrent differently. This paper develops a model where firms with more technology are less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400987
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The Embodiment of Intangible Investment Goods : A Q-Theory Approach
Belhocine, Nazim - 2010
This paper extends the q-theory of investment to model explicitly the decision of firms to invest in intangibles and measures the contribution of intangible goods to the overall capital stock in the U.S. The model highlights the embodiment of intangible goods in tangibles and the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402812
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Intellectual Property Rights and International RandD Competition
Scandizzo, Stefania - 2001
This paper examines a country''s incentives for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in a global trading environment. There is a time inconsistency problem intrinsic to IPR protection: ex ante strong protection is warranted to promote innovation, but once discovery takes place there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401239
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To ""B"" or Not to ""B"" : A Welfare Analysis of Breaking Up Monopolies in an Endogenous Growth Model
Xie, Danyang - 2000
This paper studies the welfare consequences of a government regulation that forces a patented equipment to be supplied by a number of independent producers. On the one hand, such a regulation hurts the value of a patent and therefore reduces activities in the R&D sector. On the other hand, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399731
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Treating Intangible Inputs As Investment Goods : The Impacton Canadian GDP
Belhocine, Nazim - 2009
This paper constructs a data set to document firms'' expenditures on an identifiable list of intangible items and examines the implications of treating intangible spending as an acquisition of final (investment) goods on GDP growth for Canada. It finds that investment in intangible capital by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402260
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Local governments’ fiscal balance, privatization, and banking sector reform in transition countries
Crivelli, Ernesto - 2012
liberalization, privatization, and stabilization reforms. Theory predicts that decentralization may aggravate fiscal imbalances … over 19 years to address a central question of fact: Did privatization help to promote local governments' fiscal discipline …? The answer is clearly 'no' for privatization considered in isolation. However, privatization and subnational f …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618582
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The nexus between public enterprise governance, financial performance, and macroeconomic vulnerabilities : an application to Moldova
Hegazy, Amgad; Navarro Lopez, Arturo - 2022
Strong governance frameworks for public enterprises have long been an anchor of stability and efficiency underpinning their financial operations and performance. Cross-country experiences with the adoption of robust legal, regulatory and institutional arrangements-in line with international best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170011
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Assessing the macroeconomic impact of structural reforms in Ukraine
Ari, Anil; Pula, Gábor - 2021
Ukraine's economic performance has been anemic since the early 1990s. A major impediment to productivity growth has been low investment, held back by lack of strong and independent institutions. This paper aims to assess the major areas of institutional weakness in Ukraine and quantify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604788
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Successful transitions from public to private-sector led growth : lessons for Benin
Diallo, Aissatou - 2021
Many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, like Benin, have scaled up public investment during the last decade. Such a strategy contributed to the improvement of infrastructure, but also to a build-up of debt vulnerabilities. Looking forward, the planned fiscal consolidation will result in some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795087
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Private sector job creation in MENA : prioritizing the reform agenda
Baduel, Bénédicte; Geginat, Carolin; Pierre, Gaëlle - 2019
This paper examines the extent to which firms in selected MENA countries reported being constrained by the business environment around the time of the Arab Spring and the extent to which these constraints affected their employment performance. The results suggest that small firms in MENA faced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103780