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This paper demonstrates that cooperation in international environmental negotiations can be explained by preferences … standard non-cooperative equilibrium, cooperation of a large fraction or even of all countries can establish a Nash equilibrium … full cooperation can be reached. …
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innovation activities, which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from the Canadian Survey of Innovation …
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We experimentally test different rule-based contribution mechanisms in a repeated 4-player public goods game with endowment heterogeneity and compare them to a VCM, distinguishing between a random- and an effort-based allocation of endowments. We find that endowment heterogeneities limit the...
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In this experiment, we endogenize the choice of which contribution scheme is implemented in a public goods game. We investigate three rule-based contribution schemes. In a first step, players agree on a common group provision level using the principle of the smallest common denominator....
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This paper analyzes the determinants of R&D co-operation among German manufacturing firms. Using firm level data from … the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We … two-step estimation procedure, we find a positive effect of knowledge flows on the probability of R&D co-operation in most …
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In this paper we analyse the effect of R&D co-operation on firms’ innovation performance. We investigate the effect of … past co-operation on current sales of innovative products, distinguishing between products new to the firm and new to the … market, and on cost reductions due to innovative processes. Particular attention is paid to the impact of different co-operation …
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Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand, patents can be attractive because of their...
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This paper analyses the employment consequences of policies aimed to support biofuels in the European Union. The promotion of biofuel use has been advocated as a means to promote the sustainable use of natural resources and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating from transport activities...
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