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Opening up military innovation: causal effects of "bottom-up" reforms to U.S. defense research
Howell, Sabrina T.; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517156
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Boosting sluggish climate policy : endogenous substitution, learning, and energy efficiency improvements
Bretschger, Lucas; Leuthard, Matthias; Miftakhova, Alena - 2024 - This version: March 12, 2024
decarbonization and amplify current policies: growing substitutability of dirty inputs with clean inputs, learning and scale effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014502190
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Complementary patents and market structure
Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2008
complements problem but not the double mark-up problem. Vertical integration discourages entry and reduces innovation incentives …, while horizontal integration always encourages entry and innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343929
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Empirical patterns of firm growth and R&D investment : a quality ladder model interpretation
Klette, Tor Jakob; Griliches, Zvi - 1998
We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518444
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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561206
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Measuring the spillovers of venture capital
Schnitzer, Monika; Watzinger, Martin - 2017
We provide the first measurement of knowledge spillovers from venture capital-financed companies onto the patenting activities of other companies. On average, these spillovers are nine times larger than those generated by the R&D investment of established companies. Spillover effects are larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011762520
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Mapping the Knowledge Space : Exploiting Unassisted Machine Learning Tools
Teodoridis, Florenta; Lu, Jino; Furman, Jeffrey L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Understanding factors affecting the direction of innovation is a central aim of research in the economics of innovation … machine learning technique, Hierarchical Dirichlet Process (HDP), which flexibly identifies patterns in text corpora. The … several contexts for research in innovation. We benchmark and demonstrate the benefits of this approach in the context of 44 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435165
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401020
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Mapping the two faces of R&D : productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries
Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - 2001
Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537553