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Competition, Firm Innovation, and Growth under Imperfect Technology Spillovers

Jo, Karam; Kim, Seula - 2021

This paper studies the effect of competition on firm innovation by developing a discrete-time endogenous growth model … where multi-product firms do two types of innovation subject to friction in technology spillovers. Firms improve their … existing products through internal innovation while entering others' product markets through external innovation. We introduce …

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Maintenance Costs, Obsolescence, and Endogenous Growth

Berden, Koen G.; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

We analyze the impact of obsolescence of economic inventions by incorporating maintenance costs in the endogenous growth model of expanding product varieties. This contrasts with the existing literature, which ignores maintenance costs and uses the model of quality improvements to describe...

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Quality Improvements in Models of Growth

Barro, Robert J.; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

Technological progress takes the form of improvements in the quality of an array of intermediate inputs to production. In an equilibrium that is standard in the literature, all research is carried out by outsiders, and success means that the outsider replaces the incumbent as the industry...

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Growth through heterogeneous innovations

Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - Suomen Pankki - 2013

framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …

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Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations

Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2010

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Technology Diffusion: Measurement, Causes, and Consequences

Comin, Diego; Mestieri, Martí - In: Handbook of Economic Growth

This chapter discusses different approaches pursued to explore three broad questions related to technology diffusion: what general patterns characterize the diffusion of technologies, and how have they changed over time?; what are the key drivers of technology?; and what are the macroeconomic...

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Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2005

This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to...

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Innovation and Productivity in European Industries

Pianta, Mario; Vaona, Andrea - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

The labour productivity impact of innovation is investigated in this paper combining neo-Schumpeterian insights on the … variety of innovation, with the importance of industrial structures and firm size; two models are proposed for explaining … data from the European innovation survey (CIS 2), covering Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK, broken down …

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Maintenance Costs, Obsolescence, and Endogenous Growth

Berden, Koen G.; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

We analyze the impact of obsolescence of economic inventions by incorporating maintenance costsin the endogenous growth model of expanding product varieties. This contrasts with the existingliterature, which ignores maintenance costs and uses the model of quality improvements todescribe...

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Human capital formation and global warming mitigation : evidence from an integrated assessment model

Carraro, Carlo; Cian, Enrica de; Tavoni, Massimo - 2009

and it assesses the interplay between innovation, human capital, climate change, and education policies. Results indicate …. -- climate policy ; innovation ; human capital …

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