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Why the rich should like R&D less
Cozzi, Guido - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2008
inequality and subsequent economic growth are well known to be related. This paper links inequality and R&D-driven growth. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005811740
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A new societal contract
Snower, Dennis J. - 2019
This paper argues that the traditional societal contract that underlies the market economy has run its course and needs to be replaced by a new contract, based on a new conception of the "empowering economy." Whereas different societal contracts are relevant to different societies, there must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009440
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A new societal contract
Snower, Dennis J. - 2019
This paper argues that the traditional societal contract that underlies the market economy has run its course and needs to be replaced by a new contract, based on a new conception of the "empowering economy." Whereas different societal contracts are relevant to different societies, there must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009074
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Dulling the Cutting Edge: How Patent-Related Policies and Practices Hamper Innovation in China
Prud'homme, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study’s statistical analysis shows that patent quality and innovation in China deserve improvement, and an in-depth legal, management science, and economic analysis in the study shows that various patent-related policies and practices actually hamper patent quality and innovation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258189
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Beyond the Patents-Prizes Debate
Hemel, Daniel J.; Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore - 2014
Intellectual property scholars have vigorously debated the merits of patents versus prizes for encouraging innovation, with occasional consideration of government grants. But these are not the only options. Perhaps most significantly, the patents-versus-prizes (or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159136
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Energy, Hierarchy and the Origin of Inequality
Fix, Blair - In: PLoS ONE 14 (2019) 4, April, pp. 1-32
Where should we look to understand the origin of inequality? I propose an unusual window of evidence—modern societies …. I hypothesize that evidence for the origin of inequality is encoded in the institutional structure of industrial … energy, hierarchy, and inequality and creates a hindcast of the origin of inequality. The results are broadly consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997383
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Recessions, Inequality, and Democratization
Maarek, Paul; Dorsch, Michael T. - Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application … - 2014
This paper explores the extent to which episodes of democratization can be explained by variation in income inequality … Robinson (2001), our empirical examination considers the possibility that the effect of income inequality on democratization …, we demonstrate that variation in income inequality can explain democratization following recessions, but that there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929538
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Property, Predation, and Informal Governance
Markus, Stanislav - 2018
Successful governance implies that organizations, networks, or practices create public or club goods by constraining behavior, sharing information, or providing resources. While effective governance may require a functional state, compelling studies have theorized informal governance without...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909589
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Sovereign Commitment and Property Rights : The Case of Ukraine's Orange Revolution
Markus, Stanislav - 2018
Conventional wisdom in new institutional economics suggests that property rights become more secure following sovereign commitment. The article tests this axiom in the crucial case of the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine. I show that despite the wide-ranging constraints imposed after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937059
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Capitalists of All Russia, Unite! Business Mobilization Under Debilitated Dirigisme
Markus, Stanislav - 2018
Political mobilization of business forces in the post-communist world has crucial implications for economic development and civil society. The emergence of strong cross-sectoral business associations during Putin's presidency challenges the prevailing view of Russia's political economy as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940118