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We study an endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R and D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...
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This paper aims at analyzing the e ects of lobbying over economic growth and primarily welfare. We model explicitly the interaction between policy-makers and firms in a setup where the latter undertakes political contributions to the former in exchange for more restrictive market regulations...
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We study an endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R and D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320508
We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography, growth and regional inequality. We provide conditions for existence and uniqueness of a spatial equilibrium, and for the endogenous emergence of industry clusters. Spatial...
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The main objective of this paper is to analyze the links between product market competition, innovation and growth. In a step-by step innovation model we explicitly introduce the distinction between knowledge and technology information flows. Patents protect their holders from being imitated or...
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A central idea in macroeconomic theory is that negative price effects from the leverage-induced forced sale of durable … judicial process for a foreclosure sale have significantly lower rates of foreclosures relative to states that have no such … requirement. Using state laws requiring a judicial foreclosure as an instrument for actual foreclosures, as well as a regression …
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. Comparing zip codes close to state borders with differing foreclosure laws, we show that foreclosure propensity and housing … scores, income, or education levels. The increase in foreclosure rates in non-judicial states persists for at least five …
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on delinquent homeowners. Comparing zip codes close to state borders with differing foreclosure laws, we show that … foreclosure propensity and housing inventory jumped discretely as one entered non-judicial states. There is no jump in other … 2007 to 2009. As foreclosures subsided from 2011 to 2013, the difference between foreclosure rates in non-judicial and …
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