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This paper provides estimates of output multipliers for spending in clean energy and biodiversity conservation, as well … and lend support to bottom-up analyses arguing that stabilizing climate and reversing biodiversity loss are not at odds …
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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result is in line with similar findings for the U.S. and the U.K. Furthermore, the growth in GDP and labor productivity may …
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time, industry-level analysis suggests ample scope to raise productivity, especially in services where productivity gains …
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the growth in labor. If GDP is divided by labor, productivity growth appears to have been slower than in peers. This … chapter discusses both exogenous and endogenous factors behind the disappointing productivity growth in the Netherlands and …
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productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the …
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