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We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications … accommodates: different investment incentives for incumbents and entrants; a strategic interaction of entrants' and incumbents … investment. Thus promoting market entry by means of regulated access undermines incentives to invest in facilities …
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an investment. In this case, fair-value measurement is compulsory by law. We briefly review methods available to funds … investment …
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available low carbon mitigation options, can promote innovation in new technologies and eventually generate welfare gains. We … due to both climate and innovation market failures. Our results show that phasing out nuclear power stimulates additional … R&D investments and deployment of infant technologies with large learning potential. The innovation benefits which this …
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This paper uses the task-based view of technological change to study employment and wage polarization at the level of local labor markets in Germany between 1979 and 2007. In order to directly relate technological change to subsequent employment trends, we exploit variation in the regional task...
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This paper discusses the paper "The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis using Long-Run Restrictions" by Neville Francis and Valerie A. Ramey. It argues that these authors have made great progress both in the precise measurement of labor input as well as determining the effect...
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energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy … likelihood to patent. Governmental energy R&D support has a small positive significant effect on patenting activities. …
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Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for...
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We study the impact of environmental regulations on the patent activities for wind turbines between 1980 and 2008. We … on innovation activities. In addition, we find that price-based policy instruments are more effective in fostering …
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evaluating optimal near-term innovation investment portfolios in four key clean energy technologies (solar, biofuels … produced by climate-economy models while introducing the dimension of uncertainty in innovation ef- forts, without succumbing … innovation to improve the performance of these technologies. We employ an IAM (WITCH) which has a fairly rich description of the …
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The study of innovation and technological change is an increasing field of economic enquire because innovation can be … considered a major engine of growth. This paper is concerned with the determinants of innovation and technological change …
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