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Transition to Clean Technology
Hanley, Douglas; Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, … - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh - 2014
innovation-in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more … technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929533
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Innovation by entrants and incumbents
Acemoglu, Daron; Cao, Dan - In: Journal of Economic Theory 157 (2015) C, pp. 255-294
We extend the basic Schumpeterian endogenous growth model by allowing incumbents to undertake innovations to improve their products, while entrants engage in more “radical” innovations to replace incumbents. Our model provides a tractable framework for the analysis of growth driven by both...
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
dirty innovation and production; (ii) optimal policy involves both .carbon taxes. and research subsidies, so that excessive … the switch to clean innovation under laissez-faire when the two inputs are substitutes. Under reasonable parameter values …
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Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
innovation activities. The selection of high-skill managers is more important for innovation activities. As the economy … investments, but little selection. Closer to the world technology frontier, there is a switch to an innovation-based strategy with …
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When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?
Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
environmental regulations can spur more rapid innovation. I present a general framework for the analysis of these questions. I …
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Innovation, reallocation and growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - Suomen Pankki - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698829
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655943
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Transition to Clean Technology
Kerr, William; Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Hanley, … - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2014
innovation. in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more … technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095220
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Transition to Clean Technology
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Hanley, Douglas; Kerr, … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2014
innovation - in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more … technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095231
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Competing engines of growth: Innovation and standardization
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010
We study a dynamic general equilibrium model where innovation takes the form of the introduction of new goods whose … production requires skilled workers. Innovation is followed by a costly process of standardization, whereby these new goods are …
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