intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection in determining innovation in developing countries (South). We show that although … through which the knowledge acquired by emigrants abroad can flow back to the South and enhance the skills of the remaining … workers there. By increasing the size of the innovation sector and the skill-intensity of emigration, IPRs protection makes it …

Mitigating climate change will require innovation in energy technologies. Policy makers are faced with the question of … how to promote this innovation, and whether to focus on a few technologies or to spread their bets. We present results on …

uncertainty inherent in the innovation process and (2) a systematic evaluation of the tradeoffs in investment allocations across …