various dimensions of upgrading --- learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …

taxation be structured to improve productivity, incentivize innovation, and ultimately increase welfare? We study these … by introducing either ex ante innovation or entrepreneurial effort in production and show that this strengthens our … innovation and entrepreneurial effort, leading to larger increases in productivity, output, and welfare …

-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion within firms. Using …