Existing theories and empirical research on how innovation occurs largely assume that innovativeness is an inherent … differently than those who do self-select into innovating. To test these questions, we designed and implemented an innovation …

the relation between spatial competition, craft guilds and innovation, and (ii) by showing the calibrated model correctly …

explain international technology diffusion is genetic distance relative to the world technological frontier ("relative …

in a better position to hire employees that can help with innovation. In contrast, competition in the market for …

What is the role of transport improvements in globalization? We argue that the nineteenth century is the ideal testing …

innovation endogenously determines the dynamics of technology, and, therefore, market leadership and trade flows, in a world with …, dynamically, intensified globalization boosts domestic innovation through induced international competition. Accounting for … of openness on innovation incentives and productivity growth. Finally, our model predicts that a more globalized world …

The decline in the costs of multinational production (MP) has led some countries to specialize in innovation and others … advantage and home market effects (HME) that arise from the interaction between increasing returns to innovation and … of China into the world economy may hurt countries that are driven to specialize in production due to HMEs, although …

This paper estimates the effect of trade policy during the Great Liberalization of the 1990s on innovation in over 60 … enables us to establish the causal impact of trade policy on innovation. Our results suggest that trade liberalization has … economically significant effects on innovation and, ultimately, on technical change and growth. According to our estimates, about 7 …