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Do Technology Shocks Shift Output? An Empirical Analysis of a Two Factor Model

Ulku, Hulya - Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), … - 2005

This study identifies the effect of technology shocks on aggregate output using confirmatory factor analysis employed by Griliches, Hall and Pakes (1991). The analysis is based on the assumptions that there are two distinct shocks in an economy, demand and technology shocks, and that the patent...

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COMMODITY R&D AND PROMOTION

Richards, Timothy J.; Padilla, Luis - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 34 (2002) 03

Considerable evidence exists of high returns to public and private investment in commodity research and development programs. This study investigates the potential returns to product research, development, and marketing in a dynamic commodity-market model. Theoretical hypotheses derived from the...

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Market Structure and Environmental Innovation

Montero, Juan-Pablo - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2002

This paper studies firms’ incentives to invest in environmental R&D under different market structures (Cournot and Bertrand) and environmental policy instruments (emission standards, taxes, tradeable permits and auctioned permits). Because of market strategic effects, R&D incentives vary...

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SME Information Sourcing for Innovation and Export Market Development: From Local or External Networks?

Hodgkinson, Ann; McPhee, Paul - School of Accounting, Economics, and Finance, … - 2002

A survey analysis of innovation information and input sourcing of New South Wales regional exporting firms indicates … source of new knowledge for innovation activity. This is in contrast to the main body of economic literature, which argues …

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UNION STRUCTURE AND THE INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATION IN OLIGOPOLY

González-Maestre, Miguel; Calabuig, Vicente - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2000

In this paper we consider the effect of union structure on the adoption of innovation in the context of Cournot duopoly …, equivalently, for sufficiently drastic potential innovation) the new technology is more likely to be adopted in the presence of a …

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Evaluating Innovation and Labour Market Relationships: The Case of Italy

Pieroni, Luca; Pompei, Fabrizio - Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2007

In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed, paying particular attention to the … innovation, and job turnover and wages which represent labour market indicators. The results show that higher job turnover only …

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Patent Licensing from High-Cost Firm to Low-Cost Firm

Poddar, Sougata; Sinha, Uday Bhanu - Department of Economics, National University of Singapore - 2005

In the literature of patent licensing, most of the studies are done where new technology is transferred from a cost-efficient firm (patentee) to a less efficient firm (licensee). However, R&D intensive firms are usually based in high wage countries whereas the cost-efficient firms are based in...

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Reexamining the Interaction between Innovation and Capital Accumulation

Zeng, Jinli - Department of Economics, National University of Singapore - 2002

In endogenous growth models with innovation and capital accumulation, Arnold (1998) and Blackburn, Hung and Pozzolo … (2000) show that long-run growth of per capita income is independent of innovation activities; it is solely determined by … paper develops an endogenous growth model with innovation and (physical and human) capital accumulation to show that long …

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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2004

that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Using a dataset from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … transition countries, we find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the presence of … market power in product markets are utilised to undertake innovation. …

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Technology and Culture: the Dissemination and the Potential 'Lock-In' of New Technologies

Leydesdorff, Loet - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 4 (2001) 3, pp. 5-5

technological development and innovation. This enables us to specify conditions for a 'break-out' or a 'deadlock' between competing … and innovation policies will be specified. …

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