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Environmental regulation and innovation in renewable energy technologies : does the policy instrument matter?

Hille, Erik; Althammer, Wilhelm; Diederich, Henning - 2019 - Version February 24, 2019

We examine how different renewable energy support policies affect innovation in solar and wind power technologies. The … distinguishing two dimensions of regulation, i.e. design and intensity, and their effects on innovation. The patent data is based on …

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Subsidising renewables but taxing storage? : second-best policies with imperfect carbon pricing

Helm, Carsten; Mier, Mathias - 2019

We consider an economy in which competitive firms use three technologies for electricity production: pollutive fossils, intermittent renewables like wind or solar, and storage. We determine optimal subsidies for renewables and storage capacities when carbon pricing is imperfect. This policy is...

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Beyond the SUTVA : how industrial policy evaluations change when we allow for interactions among firms

Cerqua, Augusto; Pellegrini, Guido - 2013

Investment subsidies to private firms have been one of the most popular place-based policies in developed countries; however, the empirical evidence to date is still mixed and there is no general consensus on the effectiveness of such policy. Most evaluation studies have focused on the policy...

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Multisided markets and platform dominance

Alleman, James H.; Baranes, Edmond; Rappoport, Paul N. - 2019

The internet giants - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, among others - have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. The negative effects have been stark. There have been huge disruptions caused by e-commerce. More recently, subtler, but even more serious negative effects...

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Monopoly in real life : the housing market, finance and inequality

Baur, Dirk G. - 2019

This paper uses a simple model based on the board game Monopoly to analyze the drivers of house prices and wealth inequality. Simulations show that inequality generally builds up fast even if players have equal starting conditions and house prices are stable; rising house prices imply more...

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The information paradox in a monopolist's credence goods market

Jost, Peter-J.; Reik, Steffen; Ressi, Anna - 2019

Credence goods markets, such as those for car repairs and medical treatments, are generally characterized by an ex-ante and ex-post information asymmetry between the uninformed buyer and the informed seller. Previous literature demonstrates that efficiency and fraud in a monopolist credence...

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Multi-product pricing and minimum resale price maintenance

Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus; Wey, Christian - 2021

We provide a novel explanation for why manufacturers want to enforce a minimum resale price (min RPM) on retailers. A manufacturer sells her good via a multi-product retailer to final consumers by charging a linear wholesale price. The manufacturer then maximizes her profit through min RPM...

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Key features of the first phase of the national cluster program in Russia

Kutsenko, Evgeniy; Meissner, Dirk - 2013

Cluster policy is recognized as one of the pivotal elements of state-of-art innovation policy. State support for … innovation policy drafting and implementation. Cluster development stimulates trust building and enhances knowledge spillovers … among different organizations in the region. Finally the cluster approach makes innovation policy more systemic by …

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Breakeven point analysis at cucumber crop in the conventional and ecological agricultural system

Necula, Diana Maria; Berevoianu, Rozi Liliana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 110-116). 2018

Cucumber is found amongst vegetables grown for 3000 years and is of particular importance because of its nutritional value with a very low caloric intake. Cultivation of cucumbers is one of the most widespread in our country and can be consumed in both crudest and preserved state. In the present...

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Innovation, skills and investment : a digital industrial policy for Europe

Gruber, Harald - 2017

This paper identifies the main factors for Europe's delays in embracing the well proven growth enhancing effects of digital technologies. It argues that market failures, including externalities from knowledge spillovers, cybersecurity and first mover advantages justify public support. The whole...

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