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International Innovation and Diffusion of Air Pollution Control Technologies: The Effects of NOX and SO2 Regulation in the US, Japan, and Germany

Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

Using patent data from the United States, Japan, and Germany, this paper examines both the innovation and diffusion of … environmental regulations. Moreover, any technology transfer that occurs appears to be indirect. Domestic innovation occurs even for …

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Exploring Links Between Innovation and Diffusion: Adoption of NOx Control Technologies at U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants

Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

While many studies have looked at innovation and adoption of technologies separately, the two processes are linked …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718762

Policy vs. Consumer Pressure: Innovation and Diffusion of Alternative Bleaching Technologies in the Pulp Industry

Popp, David; Hafner, Tamara; Johnstone, Nick - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

-friendly innovation, we focus on a process innovation, rather than on end-of-the-pipe solutions to pollution. Moreover, while previous … studies emphasize the importance of regulation for inducing innovation, here we find substantial innovation occurring before … innovation. However, while some companies choose to adopt these technologies in response to consumer pressure, not all firms will …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775150

Innovation and Climate Policy

Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

literature on environmental innovation and diffusion, with a focus on studies relevant to the development of clean energy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622365

Quality-Constant Price Indexes for the Ongoing Treatment of Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Study

Frank, Richard G.; Berndt, Ernst R.; Busch, Alisa B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

Health care expenditures have been increasing sharply in the last ten years, with spending on mental health disorders being particularly prominent. Over the same time period, a number of new antipsychotic medications have been added to the armamentarium for treatment of persons diagnosed with...

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Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues

Cutler, David M.; Berndt, Ernst R.; Frank, Richard G.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

We review in considerable detail the conceptual and measurement issues that underlie construction of medical care price indexes in the U.S., particularly the medical care consumer price indexes (MCPIs) and medical-related producer price indexes (MPPIs). We outline salient features of the medical...

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Price Indexes for Acute Phase Treatment of Depression

Berndt, Ernst R.; Busch, Susan H.; Frank, Richard G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

Although broad trends in medical spending in the U.S. over the last decade have received widespread attention from policymakers, very little attention has focused on the components of those changes. For many other industries, economists typically divide nominal expenditures by an official...

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Technology Variation vs. R&D Uncertainty: What Matters Most for Energy Patent Success?

Popp, David; Santen, Nidhi; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

R&D is an uncertain activity with highly skewed outcomes. Nonetheless, most recent empirical studies and modeling estimates of the potential of technological change focus on the average returns to research and development (R&D) for a composite technology and contain little or no information...

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Induced Innovation and Energy Prices

Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001

existing knowledge have strongly significant positive effects on innovation. Furthermore, I show that omitting the quality of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718700

Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine: Estimating Costs and Effectiveness

Kremer, Michael; Berndt, Ernst R.; Glennerster, Rachel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

To overcome the problem of insufficient research and development (R&D) on vaccines for diseases concentrated in low-income countries, sponsors could commit to purchase viable vaccines if and when they are developed. One or more sponsors would commit to a minimum price that would be paid per...

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