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growth, environment and eco-innovation development and to evaluate eco-innovations impact on economic and environmental … but also has a positive effect on environmental performance. Research limitations - eco-innovations development and …
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properties: 1) the tail of the distribution of the productivity of innovations is a power law, and 2) the number of citations, i … the available empirical evidence on the productivity of innovations and on patent citations. …
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We consider environments in which agents other than innovator receive the signals about the quality of innovation. We study whether mechanisms can be found which exploit market information to provide appropriate incentives for innovation. If such mechanisms are used, the innovator has incentives...
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We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth. The model for firm growth is a partial equilibrium model drawing on the quality ladder models in the macro growth literature, but also on the literature on patent races and the...
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We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual-level risk-taking in pursuing productivity-enhancing activities including using and developing new knowledge. Individual-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct...
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What is the relationship between inequality and growth? This question has occupied and fascinated social scientists for more than a century. This article critically reviews the recent empirical and theoretical literature on the complex interplay between inequality and economic growth. Inequality...
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associated with developing new useful knowledge and (2) mitigate the threat of violent responses to labor-saving innovations …
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In pre-industrial Europe, growth was driven by the expansion of trade, and the expansion of trade was driven by falling trading costs. This paper discusses the mechanisms linking these processes: profit-seeking behavior by merchants, changes in the organization of production, technological...
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found lacking. Alternatives are needed. This paper highlights some examples of recent innovations in the management and … delivery of development aid. Drawing upon Barder (2009) and Howes (2011), the paper structures 11 innovations into three … and the way aid is given. By examining these 11 innovations, the paper shows that aid agencies have the potential to adapt …
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This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs. It shows that economic development leads to structural change, an enhancement of capabilities and path dependence in the economy. It examines three different approaches to...
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