This paper aims to investigate the effects of investment in industrial R & D on the mobility of workers between firms and/or industrial sectors in Brazil, considering that the technological gap between the sectors can reduce the propensity for interindustrial labor mobility. Using panel data for...

The sector of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is one of the key instruments for the development of an economy. The literature emphasizes its capacity for both increasing productivity and generating new sources of income and wealth (Colecchia & Schreyer, 2002; Jorgenson & Stiroh,...

This research proposes that the geographical distance from the location of the pre-industrial technological frontier has a non-monotonic and persistent effect on development. While remoteness from this frontier diminished imitation, it fostered the emergence of a culture conducive to innovation...

Explanations of technological diffusion focus on information being spread by epidemic processes, on profit heterogeneity, or oligopolistic competition. The model in this paper integrates the epidemic and the heterogeneity-based approaches. Predictions are tested on Norwegian data concerning the...

There have been five large tradable permit programs (US Acid Rain Program, US Nitrogen Budget Program, Los Angeles Regional Clean Air Management Program, EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and the US Lead Phase Down) in effect long enough to have potentially yielded data to test whether the program...

Majority of the consumer durables have multiple technological generations. High technology product comes in new generation where a new innovation offers a significant improvement in performance or benefits over the previous generation. New innovation in the market does not immediately replace...