This paper develops an extended version of the quality-ladder model by allowing for heterogeneous markets. Based on this model, it presents an empirical analysis of innovation-based growth at the market level using a technometric measurement concept. It can be shown that a growth-promoting...

Measuring the output of men and women in science and technology has previously been mostly restricted to case studies or small-scale surveys. Based on an analysis of patent and publication databases, this paper applies a methodology to systematically assign the gender to the names of inventors...

Summary This paper investigates whether patterns of technological specialisation of advanced countries change over a period of time in which globalisation in technology occurs. The theoretical analysis of this question is based on models of new growth and trade theory - especially a model by...

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine explorative ökonometrische Untersuchung zum Zusammenhang von umweltfreundlicher Innovation mit Markt- bzw. Politiksignalen vorgelegt. Die Variablen für nachhaltige Innovation (spezielle Patentindikatoren) und die für eine rationale Erwartungsbildung geeigneten...