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Government spending composition in a simple model of Schumpeterian growth
Wiederhold, Simon - 2009
This paper investigates the relevance of government purchasing behavior for innovation-based economic growth. We … incentive for private innovation activities. In contrast to the standard Schumpeterian growth framework, we account for industry … heterogeneity in terms of innovation potential. This extension allows to bring government demand policy within the realm of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267225
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On social identity, subjective expectations, and the costs of control
Riener, Gerhard; Wiederhold, Simon - 2011
Controlling employees can have severe consequences in situations that are not fully contractible. However, the perception of control may be contingent on the nature of the relationship between principal and agent. We, therefore, propose a principal-agent model of control that takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286485
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On Social Identity, Subjective Expectations, and the Costs of Control
Riener, Gerhard; Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Controlling employees can have severe consequences in situations that are not fully contractible. However, the perception of control may be contingent on the nature of the relationship between principal and agent. We, therefore, propose a principal-agent model of control that takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009249775
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The impact of government procurement composition on private R&D activities
Slavtchev, Viktor; Wiederhold, Simon - 2011
This paper addresses the question of whether government procurement can work as a de facto innovation policy tool. We … develop an endogenous growth model with quality-improving in-novation that incorporates industries with heterogeneous … innovation sizes. Government de-mand in high-tech industries increases the market size in these industries and, with it, the in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286456
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The Impact of Government Procurement Composition on Private R&D Activities
Slavtchev, Viktor; Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper addresses the question of whether government procurement can work as a de facto innovation policy tool. We … develop an endogenous growth model with quality-improving innovation that incorporates industries with heterogeneous … innovation sizes. Government demand in high-tech industries increases the market size in these industries and, with it, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291506
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Government Spending Composition in a Simple Model of Schumpeterian Growth
Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper investigates the relevance of government purchasing behavior for innovation-based economic growth. We … incentive for private innovation activities. In contrast to the standard Schumpeterian growth framework, we account for industry … heterogeneity in terms of innovation potential. This extension allows to bring government demand policy within the realm of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457975