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Markets for heterogeneous products : a boundedly rational consumer model
Valente, Marco - 2009
The paper is based on the acknowledgement that properties of markets stemming from features of demand are too frequently overlooked in the economic literature, and a re-balancing is necessary to properly account for theoretical and empirical phenomena. We sustain that one of the most relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732415
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Weaker jobs, weaker innovation : exploring the temporary employment-product innovation nexus
Cetrulo, Armanda; Cirillo, Valeria; Guarascio, Dario - 2018
This work explores the relationship between temporary employment and product innovation focusing on five major European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands) observed between 1998 and 2012. Building on the conceptual framework proposed by Kleinknecht et al. (2014), the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011805964
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A multiscale network-based model of contagion dynamics: heterogeneity, spatial distancing and vaccination
Aguiar, Maíra; Dosi, Giovanni; Knopoff, Damián A.; … - 2021
Lockdown and vaccination policies have been the major concern in the last year in order to contain the SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper we present a model able to evaluate alternative lockdown policies and vaccination strategies. Our approach integrates and...
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Quantifying knowledge spillovers from advances in negative emissions technologies
Tripodi, Giorgio; Lamperti, Francesco; Mavilia, Roberto; … - 2022
Negative emissions technologies (NETs) feature prominently in most scenarios that halt climate change and deliver on the Paris Agreement's temperature goal. As of today, however, their maturity and desirability are highly debated. Since the social value of new technologies depends on how novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256957
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A multi-scale model of virus pandemic : heterogeneous interactive entities in a globally connected world
Bellomo, Nicola; Bingham, Richard D.; Chaplain, Mark A. J. - 2020
This paper is devoted to the multidisciplinary modelling of a pandemic initiated by an aggressive virus, specifically the so-called SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, corona virus n.2. The study is developed within a multiscale framework accounting for the interaction of different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229895
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Collateral unchained : rehypothecation networks, concentration and systemic effects
Luu, Duc Thi; Napoletano, Mauro; Barucca, Paolo; … - 2018
collateral flows are concentrated among few nodes (like in core-periphery networks) allow large increases in collateral volumes … Value-at-Risk (VaR) criterion, and we then study the emergence of collateral hoarding cascades in different networks. Our … hoarding cascades following local shocks. These networks are therefore characterized by a trade-off between liquidity and …
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Synchronization of endogenous business cycles
Pangallo, Marco - 2023
Business cycles tend to comove across countries. However, standard models that attribute comovement to propagation of exogenous shocks struggle to generate a level of co-movement that is as high as in the data. In this paper, we consider models that produce business cycles endogenously, through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013489752
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Regulatory competition puzzle : the European design
Movsesyan, Vahagn (contributor) - 2006
In this paper, we examine the inconclusive debate on regulatory competition in Europe. We demonstrate that the recent expansion in the EU company law has created archetypal underpinning for formation of regulatory competition: the ground-breaking "triptych" of the ECJ on Centros, Überseering,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740283
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Intermediaries in international trade : direct versus indirect modes of export
Bernard, Andrew B.; Grazzi, Marco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2010 - September 2010, ver. 1.3
This paper contributes to the relatively new literature on the role of intermediaries in international trade. Using Italian firm-level data, we document significant differences between exporters of different types and highlight the role of country-specific fixed cost in the choice of direct...
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The impact of M&A on technology sourcing strategies
Cefis, Elena - 2008
The paper investigates the effects of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) on corporate research and development (R&D) strategies using Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data on the Dutch manufacturing sector. The focus of the research is whether M&A affect corporate innovation strategies, favouring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729576