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The consequences of midnight regulations and other surges in regulatory activity
McLaughlin, Patrick - In: Public Choice 147 (2011) 3, pp. 395-412
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Regulators and Redskins
Coffey, Bentley; McLaughlin, Patrick; Tollison, Robert - In: Public Choice 153 (2012) 1, pp. 191-204
We examine the correlation between federal government activity and performance of the capital’s National Football League team, the Washington Redskins. We find a positive, non-spurious, and robust correlation between the Redskins’ winning percentage and bureaucratic output, measured by pages...
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The role of technological transfer in the societies based on knowledge economy
Daniela, HÎNCU; Corina, FRASINEANU; Ioan, FRASINEANU - In: Economia. Seria Management 12 (2009) 2, pp. 145-153
The knowledge based economy is an economy based on innovation. Implementing innovation requires acquiring new …
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Regulation and Deregulation in the Japanese Rail Industry
Mizutani, Fumitoshi - In: CESifo DICE Report 3 (2005) 4, pp. 10-15
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Risks and dangers in small-scale fisheries : an overview
Ben-Yami, Menakhem - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Focuses on the risks and dangers in small-scale and artisanal fisheries, based on the experiences of selected developed and developing countries. Reviews working conditions, typical accidents associated with the marine environment, navigation and fishing operations, problems associated with boat...
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Technological change, employment generation and multinationals: a case study of a foreign firm and a local multinational in India.
Lall, S - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
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...
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Policy-induced environmental technology and inventive efforts: Is there a crowding out?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013
technology. Sceptics worry about the effects of regulation-induced environmental technology on firms' competitiveness. Since … innovation is a crucial productivity driver, a potential crowding out of inventive efforts could increase the cost of mitigating … environmental damage. Using matching techniques, we study the short-term effects of regulation-induced environmental technology on …
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Policy-induced environmental technology and incentive efforts: Is there a crowding out?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
-friendly technology. Sceptics worry about the effects of regulation-induced environmental technology on firms' competitiveness. Since … innovation is a crucial productivity driver, a potential crowding out of inventive efforts could increase the cost of mitigating … environmental damage. Using matching techniques, we study the short-term effects of regulation-induced environmental technology on …
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Going Soft: How the Rise of Software Based Innovation Led to the Decline of Japan's IT Industry and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley
Arora, Ashish; Branstetter, Lee G.; Drev, Matej - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2011
This paper documents a shift in the nature of innovation in the information technology (IT) industry. Using … comprehensive data on all IT patents granted by the USPTO from 1983-2004, we find strong evidence of a change in IT innovation that … is systematic, substantial, and increasingly dependent on software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had …
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Market structure, industrial organisation and technological development: the case of the Japanese electronics-based nc-machine tool industry.
Watanabe, S - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
the automatic control machine tool industry in Japan - based on a 1982 sample survey of 40 industrial enterprises … electronics Innovation on small scale industry, the international division of labour and on developing countries. Bibliography and …
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