from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of …-science and engineering fields as a comparison group. The relative exit rate by gender from engineering does not differ from that …

exclusion. Initial efforts to improve the access of black students to engineering education focused on six historically black … engineering colleges, and evolved into a truly nationwide movement. Later, a larger group of Historically Black Colleges and … Universities (HBCUs) expanded educational opportunities in engineering, computer science and other technical fields, "to prepare …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million …-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …

role of an active market for corporate control and of competition in banking integration. European listed banks … profitability appears to converge to a common level. There is weak evidence that competition eliminates high profits for these banks …

This paper develops and simulates a dynamic model of strategic telecom competition. The goal is to understand how … regulatory policy, particularly relative to lease charges for local network elements, affects telecom competition, investment …

Using a general-equilibrium simulation model featuring nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and … labor markets, this paper estimates the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition …, greater competition produces large effects on macroeconomic performance, as measured by standard indicators. In particular, we …

competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate preferential arrangements with smaller countries or regions will lower …

, and poor, capital-scarce and low productivity countries. We address two main issues: the efficiency of tax competition and … efficiency of tax competition. We also demonstrate how capital mobility within the union strengthens the competition over …

Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this … product market competition interact with the strength of patent rights. We provide empirical evidence of innovation responding … with step-by-step innovation models predicting that product market competition enhances innovation and, more importantly …