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This article by Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University and the NBER discusses the use of total factor productivity for price setting in regulated industries. He argues that the longterm, industry-wide productivity experience that is not subject to strategic manipulation by regulated firms...
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The paper aims to contribute to the longstanding technology-push vs. demand-pull debate and to the literature on renewable energy diffusion and renewable energy policy assessment. We argue that in addition to the traditional push-pull dichotomy, the drivers of technological change must be...
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French Abstract: En appuyant sur une analyse historique depuis la première prise en conscience de problème environnemental en Chine dans les années 1970 jusqu’à ce jour, cette étude montre que 1) la politique de la protection environnementale ne peut pas fonctionner quand elle est...
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This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...
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French Abstract: Les droits de propriété intellectuelle, dont les droits d’auteur, les marques de commerce, les secrets industriels et les brevets, jouent un rôle important dans les systèmes d’inno- vation. Même si de bonnes politiques et pratiques en matière de propriété intel-...
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This paper examines whether patenting increases the private incentives to innovate in manufacturing. In order to study this issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product, process) and on the existence or not of a patent...
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Les normes techniques envahissent notre quotidien (automobile, téléphone portable, conservation des aliments) au point que leur omniprésence facilite leur invisibilité. S’il est certain que la construction de ces normes est très majoritairement internationale, il reste à savoir qui...
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Ce document explore la dynamique d'innovation des régions ultrapériphériques de l'UE (RUP de l'UE) en s’appuyant sur des données de brevets. Il souligne le potentiel de collaboration internationale avec un large éventail de partenaires et recommande de mobiliser les ressources et les...
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This working paper analyses public financing in two countries that have already reached the Barcelona goal (R&D expenditure on GDP at least equal to 3%), Finland and Sweden, and compares it with the situation in Belgium. This comparison covers not only the quantitative aspects but also the...
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