This paper investigates whether patterns of technological specialisation of advanced countries change over a period of time in which globalisation in technology occurs. The theoretical analysis of this question is based on models of new growth and trade theory-especially a model by...

Starting from today’s definition of innovation indicators, this paper analyses the dynamic relationships between innovation activities (approximated by two innovation input indicators and one innovation output indicator) and per capita income in Germany for the two periods from 1850 until 1913...

The liberalization of telecommunications has contributed to considerable price reductions in international telephony and to rising volumes of telecommunications. This raises the issue of the economic impact of international telephony. Falling international information and transaction costs...

Since the study of Feldstein/Horioka (1980), the high correlation between investment and saving rates is a controversial, but first of all often confirmed empirical evidence. In this paper, this correlation is investigated once again for the EU-countries in the time period from 1960 to 1997. In...

This paper presents a scoping investigation of environment-friendly innovation, price and policy signals in Germany. The variables for sustainable innovation (special patent indicators) and for rational expectations (real crude oil import costs and expenditures for environmental protection) are...