In this note we compare the laissez-faire steady-state solution in the Howitt and Aghion (1998) model to the social optimum. The analysis offers several new insights in comparison to the welfare analysis in Aghion and Howitt (1992). We find various new distortions between private and optimal...

The technological innovation, nowadays, is one of the most important determinant for increasing the wealth of the nations. Souder and Shrivastrava said “we can’t begin to make decisions about technology until we understand it. And we can’t begin to really understand it until we can measure...

Cet article propose une analyse de l'influence exercée par la plus ou moins faible densité des zones rurales sur le processus de diffusion des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC) au sein des entreprises. Outre les aspects spatiaux du processus de diffusion des TIC, les...

It is now well known that the technology adoption decisions of consumers depend on the number of existing adopters (Arthur, 1989) and so, the adoption decisions of consumers are interdependent. This paper investigates the societal implications of two interdependency types that are not adequately...

ILO pub. Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprises on technological change and employment creation, comprising a case study of a foreign subsidiary and a local firm in India - discusses theoretical issues, size of enterprise, research and development, innovations, backward and...

Based on a selection of economic, social and political variables, develops a typology of developing countries which can be used to study the impact of new technologies on them as well as to assess their capability to absorb new technologies.

ILO pub. Article describing the new (1976) system of apprenticeship and in plant training in the engineering industry, aimed at preparing workers for rapid scientific and technological change in Czechoslovakia - discusses overspecialization and theoretical inadequacies of the old system,...

?Innovation und Technischer Fortschritt im Energiebereich? ist das Thema des Modellexperiment V des Forums für Energiemodelle. In diesem Zusammenhang sollen die am Experiment beteiligten Modelle in Bezug auf die Abbildung von technischem Fortschritt verbessert und unterschiedliche Szenarien...