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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation

Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

innovation. We exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the 'revealed preference' of developers - to infer the underlying …

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Effects of Acquisitions on Product and Process Innovation and R&D Performance

Cefis, Elena; Rosenkranz, Stephanie; Weitzel, Utz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Using a game theoretical model on firms' simultaneous investments in product and process innovation, we deduct and … and in independently competing firms. We use Community Innovation Survey data on Italian manufacturing firms. Theoretical …

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The Impact of R&D Subsidies on the Introduction of New Products by Incumbent Firms

Siebert, Ralph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper analyses the impact of R&D subsidies on incumbent firms to introduce new goods. We are especially interested in investigating various consequences of government subsidies for R&D, provided to firms that offer products of different qualities. This study examines the incentives of...

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Growth in Transition: What we Know, What we Don't and What we Should

Campos, Nauro F; Coricelli, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

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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Procuring Innovation

Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We … discuss the effects of standard setting activities by large, often public, procurers on innovation races. We evaluate how …

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Market Concentration and Competition in Eastern Europe

Kattuman, Paul A; Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

A key feature of Soviet-type economies is the excessive concentration of production and the skewed size distribution of enterprises. This is the root cause of the `soft budget constraint' and a natural outcome of the political economy of these countries. Given entrenched political support for a...

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The Catch-22 of External Validity in the Context of Constraints to Firm Growth

Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean S. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External...

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Productivity volatility and the misallocation of resources in developing economies

Asker, John; Collard-Wexler, Allan; De Loecker, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We investigate the role of dynamic production inputs and their associated adjustment costs in shaping the dispersion of total factor productivity (TFP) and static measures of capital misallocation within a country. Using data on 5,010 establishments in 33 developing countries from the World...

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Export Destinations and Input Prices

Bastos, Paulo; Silva, Joana; Verhoogen, Eric A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. We use exchange-rate movements as a source of variation in export destinations and find that exporting to richer...

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Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence

Urquiola, Miguel; Verhoogen, Eric A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper examines how schools choose class size and how households sort in response to those choices. Focusing on the highly liberalized Chilean education market, we develop a model in which schools are heterogeneous in an underlying productivity parameter, class size is a component of school...

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