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Historically, episodes of rapid growth are accompanied by significant structural change. In this paper we therefore aim to quantify the extent to which factor accumulation induces structural change and productivity growth in industrializing economies. To fix ideas we present an extension of...
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's choices of investment influence the probability distributions of their output. Using a normative approach we derive the … the expected social utility of output, and is not the linear criterion of market value. If firms do not know agents … criterion which leads to a second-best choice of investment which, in examples, is found to be close to the first best. …
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The factors behind the increase in the relative wages of skilled workers in developing countries are still not well understood. The authors use data from Peru to analyze the determinants of within-industry share of skilled workers. They use a translog cost function for gross output and are...
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and investment high. It finds that the low cost of capital has been quantitatively an important factor. Theory predicts … caused by nonperforming loans, borrowing constraints, and uncertainty over changes in government guidance in bank lending. In … rebalance growth towards relying more on consumption and less on exports and investment, banking sector reforms and financial …
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carry out experiments for two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. As …
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an experiment based on two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. An …
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-stage game consisting of an investment and a market stage. In equilibrium, both patents and subsidies induce the same amount of R …This paper studies the effects of patents and subsidies on R&D investment decisions. The theoretical framework is a two …&D investment, which is higher than the investment without governmental incentives. In the first stage, the firms can invest in a …
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carry out experiments based on two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. As …
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market can sometimes improve incentives. With suitable non-linear access prices investment incentives under separation become … quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than …
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