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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry
Aghion, Philippe - 2012
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
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Heterogeneity and the Dynamics of Technology Adoption
Ryan, Stephen P. - 2011
We estimate the demand for a videocalling technology in the presence of both network effects and heterogeneity. Using a unique dataset from a large multinational firm, we pose and estimate a fully dynamic model of technology adoption. We propose a novel identification strategy based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461404
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The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization
Bisin, Alberto - 2010
cultural heterogeneity, the world's geographical fragmentation by ethic and religious traits, at any given time. Finally, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462145
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Technological Diffusion, Conditional Convergence, and Economic Growth
Bloom, David E. - 2002
Technological diffusion implies a form of 'conditional convergence' as lagging countries catch up with technological leaders. We find strong evidence of technological diffusion but not full convergence; differences in total factor productivity (TFP) persist even in the long run due to differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470002
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International Technology Diffusion
Keller, Wolfgang - 2001
I discuss the concept and empirical importance of international technology diffusion from the point of view of recent work on endogenous technological change. In this literature, technology is viewed as technological knowledge. I first review the major concepts, and how international technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470145
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Forbidden Fruits : The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland - 2015
We analyze the joint dynamics of religious beliefs, scientific progress and coalitional politics along both religious and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as part of the paper's motivating evidence we also uncover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457561
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Germs, Social Networks and Growth
Fogli, Alessandra - 2012
Does the pattern of social connections between individuals matter for macroeconomic outcomes? If so, where do these differences come from and how large are their effects? Using network analysis tools, we explore how different social network structures affect technology diffusion and thereby a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460191
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Growing by Leaps and Inches : Creative Destruction, Real Cost Reduction, and Inching Up
Darby, Michael R. - 2002
Most firms achieve perfective progress, incrementally improving commodities or productivity. But technological progress is concentrated in a few firms achieving metamorphic progress: forming or transforming industries with technological breakthroughs (e.g., biotechnology, lasers, semiconductors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469767
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Tracing the Linkages Between Scientific Research and Energy Innovations : A Comparison of Clean and Dirty Technologies
Perrons, Robert K. - 2020
development of new energy technologies (Popp, 2017). Energy innovation tends to consist of a series of partially overlapping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481080
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Patents, Innovation, and Development
Hall, Bronwyn H. - 2020
I survey some recent research on the role of patents in encouraging innovation and growth in developing economies …, beginning with a brief history of international patent systems and facts about the current use of patents around the world. I … discuss research on the implications of patents for international technology transfer and domestic innovation. This is …
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