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This Paper develops a framework for testing discrete complementarities in innovation policy using European data on … obstacles to innovation. We propose a discrete test of supermodularity in innovation policy leading to a number of inequality … constraints. We apply our test to two types of innovation decisions: to innovate or not, and if so, by how much. We find that …
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international competitiveness - to a lack of innovative activity. In Germany the Innovationskrise (innovation crisis) combines with …
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Licensing in a patent thicket allows firms to either avoid or resolve hold-up. Firms’ R&D incentives depend on whether they license ex ante or ex post. We develop a model of a patent portfolio race, which allows for endogenous R&D efforts, to study firms’ choice between ex ante and ex post...
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We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to …
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innovation. In so doing, we model an industry in which R&D is performed by independent research labs and outsourcing production …
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We construct a competitive model of innovation and growth under constant returns to scale. Previous models of growth … under constant returns cannot model technological innovation. Current models of endogenous innovation rely on the interplay … innovation and sees the non-rivalrous nature of ideas as a natural conduit to increasing returns. The results here challenge the …
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We explore the joint determination of product differentiation strategy and corporate leverage in a setting where (i) product differentiation is valued by customers; (ii) debt is necessary to discipline managers; and (iii) liquidation is costly for customers, in particular, when products are...
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increased use of computer technology and/or innovation, are of empirical importance. …
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Only a few years ago the conventional wisdom predicted that globalization would render the demise of the region as a meaningful unit of economic analysis. Yet the obsession of policy-makers around the globe to 'create the next Silicon Valley' reveals the increased importance of geographic...
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separator and the cooperative creamery. It asks whether variables identified as important for innovation and growth by cross …
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