Showing 1 - 10 of 701
Policy-makers have become increasingly aware that corporate R&D and innovation are the main drivers of an economy's competitiveness and growth. The widespread adoption of R&D targets has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of corporate R&D investment trends, drivers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980250
Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045785
diffusion of innovation and productivity growth. It suggests focusing more on these framework conditions, notably by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046216
The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the recent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties drastically reduces the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in controlling GHG emissions. The reason is not only the reduced emission abatement in the US, but also the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409394
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a project-based carbon trade mechanism that subsidizes the users of climate-friendly technologies and encourages technology transfer. The CDM has provided financial support for a large share of Chinese wind projects since 2002. Using pooled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257289
In this paper, we aim to bring the debate on the global productivity slowdown – which has largely been conducted from a … macroeconomic perspective – to a more micro-level. We show that a particularly striking feature of the productivity slowdown is not … so much a lower productivity growth at the global frontier, but rather rising labour productivity at the global frontier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610943
In this paper, I study technological change as a candidate for the observed increase in consumption inequality in the United States. I build an incomplete market model with educational choice combined with a task-based model on the production side. I consider two channels through which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013460248
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012939953
This paper analyzes the effects of 3D printing technologies on the volume of trade and on the structure of FDI. A standard model with firm-specific heterogeneity generates three main predictions. First, 3D printers are introduced in areas with high economic activity that also face high transport...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375685
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226717