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The sector business services contributes directly and indirectly to aggregate economic growth in Europe. The direct … cyclical volatility, there was also a strong structural growth. Business services actually generated more than half of total … net employment growth in the European Union since the second half of the 1990s. Apart from this direct growth contribution …
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requiring plausible long-term projections of economic growth by country or region. The workshop included presentations by … leading academics and OECD staff from the Economics Department, the Directorates of the Environment, Science and Technology …
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model is that growth in agricultural productivity is central to development, a message that also appears prominently in the …
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in 'growth drivers' which can account for differences in supply-side performance, especially in periods in which major … processes of innovation and diffusion of a general purpose technology (GPT) take place. There is also an analysis of the … good results in technology policy combined with policies which aim towards social inclusiveness. …
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We consider an R&D-driven endogenous growth model in which innovation is risky and agents are risk averse. Growth is … social insurance, thus encouraging innovation and accelerating growth. The general equilibrium effects of the reallocation of …
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We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …
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at least half of product innovation and growth comes from firms that never patent. We also find that market leaders use …
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This working paper reviews recent empirical evidence on large firms and nonproductive strategies that hinder creative destruction and reallocation. The focus is on three types of nonproductive strategies: political connections, nonproductive patenting, and anticompetitive acquisitions. Across...
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Technological change is a determining factor in economic growth. Since the 1970s, Brazil has become an example in … promoting agricultural research. The result was total factor productivity (TFP) growth. What would be the impact of public … policies on productivity growth? The present study sought to break down some factors that influenced TFP, particularly in the …
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This paper quantifies the determinants of heterogeneity in R&D investment and its implications for growth. Using a … by small firms with high R&D intensity. We estimate a Schumpeterian growth model with heterogeneous firms, that differ … negative correlation between R&D intensity and firm size. A larger selection effect contribution to aggregate growth is found …
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