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The extension of clusters : difference-in-differences evidence from the Bavarian state-wide cluster policy

Falck, Oliver (contributor); Heblich, Stephan (contributor); … - 2008

Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …

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The role of electoral incentives for policy innovation : evidence from the U.S. welfare reform

Bernecker, Andreas; Boyer, Pierre C.; Gathmann, Christina - 2018 - This version: March 19, 2018

We investigate whether the decision to experiment with novel policies is influenced by electoral incentives. Our empirical setting is the U.S. welfare reform in 1996, which marked the most dramatic shift in social policy since the New Deal. We find that electoral incentives matter: governors...

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Has creative destruction become more destructive?

Komlos, John - 2014

destructive part of creative destruction is a social cost and therefore biases our estimate of the impact of the innovation on NNP …

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The contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to longevity growth in Germany and France

Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2010

I investigate the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. First, I …-2006. The estimates imply that chemotherapy innovation accounted for at least one-sixth of the decline in French cancer …

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Environmental policy design and the fragmentation of international markets for innovation

Johnstone, Nick; Hascic, Ivan - 2009

environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of … aspects of product and labour market regulation which have implications for technological innovation, such as product and … workplace safety. -- environmental policy ; market fragmentation ; innovation : technology transfer …

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Cutting too close? : design protection and innovation in fashion goods

Hackett, Petal Jean - 2012

Continued lobbying by high-end, American designers for intellectual property-type fashion design protection has culminated in the proposed Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act, intended to introduce EU standards. Using a sequential, 2-firm, vertical differentiation framework,...

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Heavyweights - the impact of large businesses on productivity growth

Falck, Oliver (contributor) - 2007

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Platform design and innovation incentives : evidence from the product ratings system on Apple's App Store

Leyden, Benjamin T. - 2021

, innovation. …

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Economic and political liberalizations

Giavazzi, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2004

This paper studies empirically the effects of and the interactions amongst economic and political liberalizations. Economic liberalizations are measured by a widely used indicator that captures the scope of the market in the economy, and in particular of policies towards freer international...

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Green paradox and directed technical change : the effect of subsidies to clean R&D

Daubanes, Julien; Grimaud, André; Rougé, Luc - 2013

improvements in resource substitutes accelerate resource extraction. Sector-specific innovation activities are tantamount to …

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