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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017
We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667675
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Comparative Advantages in Italy : A Long-Run Perspective
Federico, Giovanni - 2013
The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic …, Italy's comparative advantage changed fundamentally over the last 150 years. The composition of trade, in terms of both … document and analyze these changes. We will conclude with an assessment of Italy's prospects from a historical perspective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084820
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Do technological booms matter? New evidence on the relationship between firm size and innovativeness
Degner, Harald - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 5 (2011) 2, pp. 121-144
Many papers have been written about the effect of firm size on innovativeness, revealing a positive, a negative or a mixed impact. To this day, the so-called Schumpeterian hypothesis of the above-average innovativeness of large firms has neither been confirmed nor rejected, often because of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024442
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Comparative Advantages in Italy: A Long-Run Perspective
Federico, Giovanni; Wolf, Nikolaus - Banca d'Italia - 2011
The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic …, Italy's comparative advantage changed fundamentally over the last 150 years. The composition of trade, in terms of both … document and analyze these changes. We will conclude with an assessment of Italy's prospects from a historical perspective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548013
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Comparative Advantages in Italy: A Long-Run Perspective
Federico, Giovanni; Wolf, Nikolaus - Banca d'Italia - 2011
The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic …, Italy's comparative advantage changed fundamentally over the last 150 years. The composition of trade, in terms of both … document and analyze these changes. We will conclude with an assessment of Italy's prospects from a historical perspective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364459
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Italy and the First Age of Globalization, 1861-1940
James, Harold; O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2013
The paper presents trade policy as in line with that of other continental European powers, with a move to moderate levels of tariff protection for politically sensitive sectors such as steel and textiles and clothing, but also in agriculture, with levels of protection falling slightly before the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159592
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The value-added of service industry 1861-1951: the new series at current prices and first interpretations
Battilani, Patrizia; Felice, Emanuele; Zamagni, Vera - Banca d'Italia - 2014
This paper presents the new yearly series of the value-added of services for Italy, from 1861 to 1951, at current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123651
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Italy’s Comparative Advantage: A Long-Run Perspective
Federico, Giovanni; Wolf, Nikolaus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
than the overall economy. Behind the dynamics of aggregate trade, Italy’s comparative advantage changed fundamentally over … foreign trade at a high level of disaggregation to document and analyze these changes. We conclude with an assessment of Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083644
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Energy and Economic Growth in Europe. The Last Two Centuries
Bartoletto, Silvana - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2011) 2, pp. 57-75
The aim of this article is to analyze the role of energy in longterm economic growth. Particular attention will be paid to the relation between energy and GDP. Energy productivity, that is the ratio of output to energy (Y/E), will be reconstructed and, through a decomposition analysis, I will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858726
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Designing Democracy: The UTOPIA-project and the Role of Labour Movement in Technological Change, 1981—1986
Lundin, Per - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2006
, computer technology and work organization, especially text and image processing in the graphic industries, that was named … technological change. Corporations developing technology usually pursued increased efficiency in production, while the labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005206978