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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for the Future
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
Considering the costs and risks of inaction, ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is economically rational. However, success in abating world emissions will ultimately require a least-cost set of policy instruments that is applied as widely as possible across all emission sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045655
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Policies to Promote Innovation in the Czech Republic
Goglio, Alessandro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
The Czech government considers innovation policy a key component of the effort to improve the business environment. This paper underscores the importance for the Czech Republic of expanding R&D activities that have a potential for commercial innovation. It also points to the relevance of good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045714
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Maintaining Switzerland's Top Innovation Capacity
Jaumotte, Florence - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been …<BR>Nonobstant une certaine détérioration durant les années 1990 liée en partie à une croissance tendencielle faible, la performance de …'encore renforcer cette performance et d'aider la Suisse à préserver sa position de leader malgré les changements qui s'opèrent dans l …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045715
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The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the WITCH Model
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045876
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Summary of a Workshop on Global Convergence Scenarios: Structural and Policy Issues
Vanston, Nick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
This document forms a record of a workshop held on 16 January 2006, aimed at examining the mechanisms underlying cross-country convergence of per capita GDP, to what extent they operate in practice, and the implications for policies, including those requiring plausible long-term projections of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046090
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Productivity and Convergence in a Panel of OECD Industries: Do Regulations and Institutions Matter?
Scarpetta, Stefano; Tressel, Thierry - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
market regulations are negatively associated with productivity performance. The negative effect is larger the further a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046184
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Raising the Speed Limit: US Economic Growth in the Information Age
Jorgenson, Dale W.; Stiroh, Kevin J. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
This paper examines the underpinnings of the successful performance of the US economy in the late 1990s. Relative to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046245
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Unleashing Business Innovation in Canada
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro stability, openness, strong human capital, low corporate tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276823
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From Bricks to Brains: Increasing the Contribution of Knowledge-based Capital to Growth in Ireland
Haugh, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
With sound framework conditions, fine universities, good infrastructure and policies friendly towards foreign direct investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276991
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From Ideas to Development: The Determinants of R&D and Patenting
Jaumotte, Florence; Pain, Nigel - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
This paper uses panel regressions to investigate the effects of innovation policies and framework factors on business R&D intensity and patenting for a sample of 20 OECD countries over the period 1982- 2001. Both sets of factors are found to matter; the main determinants of innovativeness appear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049012