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Climate change policy and burden sharing in the European Union: applying alternative equity rules to a CGE-framework

Schmidt, Tobias F. N.; Koschel, Henrike - 1998

The objective of this paper is to present different equity rules that can be applied to the initial allocation of greenhouse gas entitlements and to analyse the potential impacts of these rules EU-wide as well as on the level of member states. The methodological framework used in the empirical...

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Productivity of ICT and non-ICT capital: The role of rates of return and capital prices

Niebel, Thomas; Saam, Marianne - 2011

We investigate the role rates of return and rates of asset price decline play in explaining sources of productivity growth in the context of a growth accounting approach. Our analysis is based on data from the EU KLEMS database for seven countries in the period of 1990 - 2007. We introduce a...

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Evaluating the Impacts of Subsidies on Innovation Activities in Germany

Hujer, Reinhard; Radić, Dubravko - 2005

market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …

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Latin versus European Power: A Tale of Two Market Reforms

Mennel, Tim; Viecens, Maria Fernanda - 2007

This paper compares electricity market reforms in the European Union with reforms in Chile and Brazil. The paradigm of … present the institutional framework as well as the development of electricity markets in the European Union, Chile and Brazil … electricity companies and transnational competition, Chile and Brazil have only partially liberalized their electricity sector …

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R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-Parametric Two-Step Selection Models

Hussinger, Katrin - 2003

This paper analyzes the effects of public R&D subsidies on R&D expenditure in the German manufacturing sector. The focus is on the question whether public R&D funding stimulates or crowds out private investment. Cross sectional data at the firm level is used. By apllying parametric and...

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Using Innovation Survey Data to Evaluate R&D Policy: The Case of Belgium

Aerts, Kris; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2004

to investigate possible crowdingout effects on the input side of the innovation process. Different specifications of R …

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Die Rolle der Innovationsförderung im Aufholprozess Ostdeutschlands

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Licht, Georg - 2004

Der Beitrag untersucht die Effektivität der Innovationsförderung in den neuen Ländern. Dabei wird ein doppelter Vergleich angestellt. Zum einen analysieren wir die Auswirkungen der Förderung hinsichtlich der FuE-Anreize und der FuE-Ergebnisse durch einen Vergleich von geförderten und...

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Evaluating the Impact of R&D Tax Credits on Innovation: A Microeconometric Study on Canadian Firms

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hanel, Petr; Rosa, Julio Miguel - 2004

This study examines the effect of R&D tax credits on innovation activities of Canadian manufacturing firms. Over the … on a series of innovation indicators such as number of new products, sales with new products, originality of innovation … additional innovation output. …

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Die Wirkungsanalyse staatlicher Förderprogramme durch den Einsatz von Matching- und Selektionsmodellen am Beispiel der Fertigungstechnik

Fier, Andreas; Heger, Diana; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

Mit dem Ziel die technologische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu steigern, investieren die Staaten der OECD jährlich beträchtliche Summen in die Förderung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten (FuE). Angesichts knapper öffentlicher Budgets ist der Effektivität und Effizienz dieser Förderung...

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Lost in Translation: Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers

Sofka, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Tobias - 2006

Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...

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