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The ‘advancedness’ of knowledge in pollution-saving technological change with a qualitative application to SO2 cap and trade

Grover, David - In: Ecological Economics 89 (2013) C, pp. 123-134

This paper investigates the extent to which ‘advanced’ knowledge and technology played a role in the SO2 compliance … knowledge and technology dedicated to pollution abatement played a minor role in that process while relatively unadvanced forms … of knowledge and technology played the main role. New qualitative evidence in this somewhat well-known case is considered …

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Economic emergence: An evolutionary economic perspective

Foster, John; Metcalfe, J. Stan - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 2, pp. 420-432

to states of uncertainty be explicitly dealt with. We argue that ‘knowledge,’ because of the existence of uncertainty is … ‘energy gradients’ and ‘knowledge gradients’ as essential concepts in understanding economic emergence and resultant economic …

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Skill demand and the comparative advantage of age: Jobs tasks and earnings from the 1980s to the 2000s in Germany

Gordo, Laura Romeu; Skirbekk, Vegard - In: Labour Economics 22 (2013) C, pp. 61-69

We study the impact of rapid technological change on age and cohort variation in type of work and wages among German men for the 1986–2006 period. Using a task-based approach, we analyze the consequences that technological progress had on changes in the distribution of tasks performed by the...

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Is Technological Change Biased Towards the Unskilled in Services? An Empirical Investigation

Reshef, Ariell - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 16 (2013) 2, pp. 312-331

I fit a two-sector general equilibrium model to U.S. data in 1963-2005 in order to infer technological processes that affect the college premium. In skill intensive services factor augmenting technological change is slower for college graduates relative to less skilled workers. I find the...

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An analysis of hospital efficiency and productivity growth using the Luenberger indicator

Barros, Carlos; Menezes, António Gomes de; Peypoch, Nicolas - In: Health Care Management Science 11 (2008) 4, pp. 373-381

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The Institutional Revelation: A comment on Douglas W. Allen’s <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">The Institutional Revolution

Mokyr, Joel; Espín-Sánchez, José-Antonio - In: The Review of Austrian Economics 26 (2013) 4, pp. 375-381

Institutions are a central topic in economic history. Allen’s work differs in that he is interested in institutions per se, not as a means to economic performance and prosperity. The purpose of this book is to explain the institutions of the premodern world and to show why they changed. His...

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Technological unemployment in industrial countries

Feldmann, Horst - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 5, pp. 1099-1126

Using annual data on 21 industrial countries from the period 1985 to 2009 and a large number of controls, this paper empirically analyzes the impact of technological change on unemployment. As proxy for technological change, it uses the ratio of triadic patent families to population. According...

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Emergence and evolution of new industries: The path-dependent dynamics of knowledge creation. An introduction to the special section

Krafft, Jackie; Lechevalier, Sebastien; Quatraro, Francesco - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 10, pp. 1663-1665

In this introduction, we review the arguments that underpin the rationale for the special section, and provide a structured sequence for the contents of the six selected papers that comprise the section.

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Foreign multinationals and domestic innovation: Intra-industry effects and firm heterogeneity

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Gagliardi, Luisa; Iammarino, Simona - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 3, pp. 596-609

This paper looks at foreign Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) investing in the UK and at their impact on the innovation …-level information the paper develops a direct measure of capital inflows at a three-digit industry level. In order to capture innovation … Innovation Survey (CIS). The results suggest that domestic firms active in sectors with greater investments by MNEs show a …

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

DAVIS, LEWIS S.; ŞENER, FUAT - In: Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy … 03 (2012) 01, pp. 1240005-1

threats of profit loss due to imitation and complete valuation loss due to outside innovation. We disaggregate IPR policies by …

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