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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
dirty innovation and production; (ii) optimal policy involves both .carbon taxes. and research subsidies, so that excessive … the switch to clean innovation under laissez-faire when the two inputs are substitutes. Under reasonable parameter values …
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Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
“cutthroat”capitalism that generates greater inequality and more innovation and will become the technology leaders, while others …
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Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
innovation activities. The selection of high-skill managers is more important for innovation activities. As the economy … investments, but little selection. Closer to the world technology frontier, there is a switch to an innovation-based strategy with …
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When Does Labor Scarcity Encourage Innovation?
Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
environmental regulations can spur more rapid innovation. I present a general framework for the analysis of these questions. I …
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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the...
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