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environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … existing studies focusing on Europe investigate the effect of environmental regulation either on green innovation or on … regulation on the output of innovation activity, as proxied by patents, thus providing support in favor of the "weak" PH in line …
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The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper … 1996 to 2014, as measured through patent applications. The paper is structured around two main parts. The first part … presents a series of descriptive statistics on EIF's VC investee patent portfolio and discusses some of the strategic aspects …
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Using a large, original database of 385 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, we document for the first time the negative impact of cronyism on economic growth. In the early 2000s, a policy shift in Egypt led to the expansion of crony activities into new, previously...
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may engage in anti-competitive practices that reduce innovation and consumer welfare. This paper deals with the role of … market competition and regulation in addressing these concerns. Traditional (ex-post) antitrust intervention will be less … should ideally retain value creation while also encouraging small firm entry and innovation. Data has a central role in …
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Short-term auctions for access to entry terminals of the British gas-network appear to successfully allocate scarce resources and capture scarcity rent. Now long-term auctions are being introduced to guide future capacity expansion decisions. In our model the fraction of rights issued in the...
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