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Improving productivity in New Zealand's economy
Barker, Andrew - 2017
consequence of sustained low multi-factor productivity growth within industries, as well as weak investment. Economic geography is …, removing barriers to fixed capital investment (including taxation), accessing benefits from agglomeration by improving urban … planning and infrastructure provision, enhancing competition and increasing investment in innovation and intangibles. This …
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Assessing the institutions-innovation channel within the inequality-growth nexus
Sun, Yang; Easaw, Joshy Z.; Logothetis, Vassilis - 2023
The present paper assesses the interactions between innovation and economic institutions within the context of the inequality-growth nexus. By carrying out fixed effects estimations on a cross-country panel, we find that both institutional quality and innovations improve economic growth at the...
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Risk-sharing and entrepreneurship
Kilström, Matilda; Roth, Paula - 2022
In this paper, we study the role of risk-sharing in entrepreneurship-driven innovation. Studying entrepreneurship and innovation entails modeling an occupational choice and an effort choice. Risk-sharing may increase the number of individuals who become entrepreneurs by limiting the downside...
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New General Theory of Economic Development : Innovative Growth and Distribution
Lee, Yong-Shik - 2020
Economic development, which refers to the process of progressive transformation of an economy, is a multifaceted term without a universal definition. This article presents the constitutive elements of economic development, such as growth, distribution, and innovation. Economic development has...
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Impact of Co-operation and Competences on the Innovating Behavior: A Micro-econometric Study of the French Firms
Karim, Kefi Mohamed - In: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 2 (2012) 4, pp. 519-527
The analysis of innovative behavior is suited to several ways of comments. The economic literature emphasizes, in many cases, different effects of innovation in products and processes on international trade, growth, employment and the firms performance. However, little knowledge about the...
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Financial reforms and innovation : a micro-macro perspective
Boikos, Spyridon; Bournakis, Ioannis; Dimitris, … - 2021
reforms affect R&D investment and patent activity. First, a "micro" reformthat abolishes barriers to entry in the banking … sector produces a straightforward result: a decrease in lending rates which stimulates R&D investment and economic growth …
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Assessment of the circular economy's impact in the EU economic growth
Vuță, Mariana; Vuţă, Mihai; Enciu, Adrian; Cioacă, … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 20 (2018) 48, pp. 248-261
Starting from the significant differences between the European Union's member states regarding framing and implementing the sustainable development strategies and the transition from linear economy towards circular economy (European Commission, 2017a), the article analyses the impact that...
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Catch-Up and Leapfrog between the USA and Japan
Cameron, Gavin - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1998
The growth process for a technological leader is different from that of a follower. While followers can grow through imitation and capital deepening, a leader must undertake original research. This suggests that as the gap between the leader and the follower narrows, the follower must undertake...
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Risk-sharing and entrepreneurship
Kilström, Matilda; Roth, Paula - 2022
In this paper, we study the role of risk-sharing in entrepreneurship-driven innovation. Studying entrepreneurship and innovation entails modeling an occupational choice and an effort choice. Risk-sharing may increase the number of individuals who become entrepreneurs by limiting the downside...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330003
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Reporting Regulation and Corporate Innovation
Breuer, Matthias; Leuz, Christian; Vanhaverbeke, Steven - 2020
We investigate the impact of reporting regulation on corporate innovation. Exploiting thresholds in Europe's regulation and a major enforcement reform in Germany, we find that forcing firms to publicly disclose their financial statements discourages innovative activities. Our evidence suggests...
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