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may even reduce welfare. The reason is that it crowds our proprietary innovation, which on net may reduce total innovation …
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This essay surveys macroeconomic issues that marked the transition from centrally planned to market economy in Central and Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries. We first establish a set of stylized facts of the transition so far, namely: (1) output fell, (2) capital shrank, (3)...
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individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …
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Modern growth theory puts invention on the center stage. Inventions are created by individuals, raising the question: can we increase number of inventors? To answer this question, we study the causal effect of M.Sc. engineering education on invention, using data on U.S. patents’ Finnish...
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We develop a tractable dynamic model of productivity growth and technology spillovers that is consistent with the emergence of real world empirical productivity distributions. Firms can improve productivity by engaging in in-house R&D, or alternatively, by trying to imitate other firms’...
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This paper provides an update of the NESTA Innovation Index and tries to calculate some facts for the 'knowledge …
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We propose an endogenous growth model with offshoring to investigate its effects on product innovation and growth in …
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countries (LDCs). It starts by discussing the consequences of IP enforcement in LDCs for global innovation and welfare in poorer …
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How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … sectors which differ by their distance to the technological frontier. We show that entry threat spurs innovation incentives in … technologically advanced sectors - successful innovation allows incumbents to prevent entry. In laggard sectors it discourages …
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This Paper develops a model for analysing the costs and benefits of intellectual property enforcement in LDCs. The North is more productive than the South and is the only source of innovator. There are two types of goods, and each bloc has a comparative advantage in producing a specific type of...
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