Similar Search Results

Cross-Country Growth Comparison: Theory to Empirics

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper reviews the cross-country record of economic growth, using as organizing framework how economic theory has guided that empirical analysis. The paper argues that recent studies of economic growth - both empirical and theoretical - distinguish from previous work in three distinct ways:...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792232

Regional Convergence Clusters Across Europe

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Per capita incomes across European regions are not equal and do not stay constant; regional income distributions fluctuate over time. Such a process could have many possible limiting outcomes: complete equality (convergence), stratification, and continually increasing inequality are but three...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123676

To What Extent Should Less-Developed Countries Enforce Intellectual Property?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

countries (LDCs). It starts by discussing the consequences of IP enforcement in LDCs for global innovation and welfare in poorer …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504337

Technology in Growth

Keely, Louise; Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We review the role of R&D in endogenous growth theory, and describe extant empirical research – macro and micro – bearing on R&D as an engine of growth. Taking R&D to be key, while recognizing the significance of economic incentives, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497933

Contract Enforcement, Comparative Advantage and Long-Run Growth

Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

-country dynamic Ricardian model with endogenous innovation and hold-up problems, the value chain consists of two activities …, innovation and production. Entry in the market happens through R&D and entrants face two decisions. The 'location decision … perform innovation and production within the same vertically integrated structure or not. In this framework, the quality of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498068

Matching Demand and Supply in a Weightless Economy: Market-Driven Creativity With and Without IPRs

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

creativity. Markets for intellectual assets protected by IP rights can produce too much or too little innovation. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498130

Technological Change, Trade in Intermediates and the Joint Impact on Productivity

Bøler, Esther Ann; Moxnes, Andreas; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper examines the interdependence between innovation and imports of intermediates, and their joint impact on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084440

Financial Dependence and Innovation: The Case of Public versus Private Firms

Acharya, Viral V; Xu, Zhaoxia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper examines the relationship between innovation and firms' dependence on external capital by analyzing the … innovation activities of privately-held and publicly-traded firms We find that public firms in external finance dependent … in internal finance dependent industries do not have a significantly better innovation profile than matched private firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084508

Digital Goods and the New Economy

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067419

Welfare Effects of Intellectual Property in a North-South Model of Endogenous Growth with Comparative Advantage

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662238