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Distorted Innovation : Does the Market Get the Direction of Technology Right?
Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
innovation can be systematically distorted. This paper builds a simple model of endogenous technology, which generalizes existing … comparative static results and characterizes potential distortions in the direction of innovation. I show that empirical findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226119
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Capital and Wages
Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Does capital accumulation increase labor demand and wages? Neoclassical production functions, where capital and labor are q-complements, ensure that the answer is yes, so long as labor markets are competitive. This result critically depends on the assumption that capital accumulation does not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512044
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The impact of technology and trade on migration : evidence from the US
Faber, Marius; Sarto, Andrés; Tabellini, Marco - 2020
reduction in manufacturing employment. Next, we present our main results, and show that, on average, robots caused a sizable … anything, favored employment growth outside of manufacturing. We provide suggestive evidence that these propagation patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177544
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Endogenous Innovation in the Theory of Growth
Grossman, Gene M. - 1993
This paper makes the case that purposive, profit-seeking investments in knowledge play a critical role in the long-run growth process. First, we review the implications of neoclassical growth theory and the more recent theories of 'endogenous growth'. Then we discuss the empirical evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474415
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Localized and Biased Technologies : Atkinson and Stiglitz's New View, Induced Innovations, and Directed Technological Change
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
. After linking these ideas to the induced innovation literature of the 1960s and the more recent directed technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458604
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Mapping the Knowledge Space : Exploiting Unassisted Machine Learning Tools
Teodoridis, Florenta; Lu, Jino; Furman, Jeffrey L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Understanding factors affecting the direction of innovation is a central aim of research in the economics of innovation … several contexts for research in innovation. We benchmark and demonstrate the benefits of this approach in the context of 44 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435165
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Do Technology Standards Induce Innovation in Environmental Technologies When Coordination is Important?
Gregoire-Zawilski, Myria; Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
If further decarbonization of electricity systems is to continue, a next generation of innovation in transformative … determinants of innovation in this sector to glean insights on how government may support the development and deployment of these … technologies. We argue that policies that were successful at supporting the first wave of renewables innovation may not be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537766
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The Regulation of Medical AI : Policy Approaches, Data, and Innovation Incentives
Stern, Ariel Dora - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, along with a more complex set of innovation incentives. This chapter presents background on medical device regulation … adverse events and recalls), and concludes with a discussion of the implications of regulation for innovation incentives in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477189
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Intellectual Property Protection Lost and Competition : An Examination Using Machine Learning
Acikalin, Utku U.; Caskurlu, Tolga; Hoberg, Gerard; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We examine the impact of lost intellectual property protection on innovation, competition, acquisitions, lawsuits and … employment agreements. We consider firms whose ability to protect intellectual property (IP) using patents is weakened following …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462719
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Of Academics and Creative Destruction : Startup Advantage in the Process of Innovation
Kolev, Julian; Haughey, Alexis; Murray, Fiona E. S.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
What is the role of startups within the innovation ecosystem? Since 2000, startups have grown in their share of … ventures in the innovation process relative to more traditional alternatives such as academia and established private … generate predictions related to the value and impact of startup innovation. We then explore these predictions using patents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362016