opportunity cost of cash holdings leads to a decrease in innovation and economic growth, which in turn decreases labor …

, Khenkin, 1988. It is shown that, as a result of interaction between innovation and imitation, the shape of the efficiency …

A simple model of imitation and innovation is developed to explain a complicated picture of relative productivity … imitation, only innovation or a mixed policy prevails. We demonstrate how one can find the stationary states and check their … stability for a broad class of imitation-innovation cost functions. Using World Bank statistical data for the period of 1980 …

A simple model of technological imitation and innovation is developed to explain club convergence in the evolution of … includes only innovation-imitation tradeoff, and the second one takes into account traditional investment decisions as well. It … versions, there are three types of stable steady-state regimes, with only imitation, only innovation or a mixed policy. Using …

We propose a difference-differential equation that reflects interactions between innovation and imitation processes to …

IPR protection and innovation, but the evidence is stronger for developed countries than for developing countries. Thirdly …, the optimal level of IPR protection should tradeoff the social benefits of enhanced innovation against the social costs of …