We study the gains from trade in a model with oligopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms and innovation, and … provide a formula to decompose the mechanism. The new insight we provide is that market concentration can be a welfare … increases welfare via productivity improvements. In the calibrated version of the model we show that a trade-induced increase in …

This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms …. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …

This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms …. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …

in process R&D. The novelty is that if a firm invests more R&D its expected innovation return hazard rate stochastically …

in process R&D. The novelty is that if a firm invests more in R&D its expected innovation return hazard rate …

in process R&D. The novelty is that if a firm invests more in R&D its expected innovation return hazard rate …

This paper investigates whether and how import competition affects firm innovation. Using China’s World Trade … Organization (WTO) accession as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that import competition reduces firm innovation, which is …

This paper studies whether foreign investment deregulation promotes firm innovation. A theoretical framework, in which …, this paper finds a significantly positive impact of foreign investment deregulation on firm innovation. Moreover, this …