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The effects of scientific regional opportunities in science-technology flows: Evidence from scientific literature in firms' patent data

Acosta, Manuel; Coronado, Daniel - 2004

Relevant scientific literature has demonstrated that in spaces of smaller scale than the national, the availability of scientific knowledge is also relevant for generating spillover effects that benefit the industrial sector. The proliferation of such literature consistently stressing the...

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Stimulating the Division of Innovative Labor by Regional Competition for R&D Subsidies – A New Approach in German Innovation Policy

Eickelpasch, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael - 2004

The paper deals with a new approach in German innovation policy that organizes contests of initiatives for public funds. Based on an overview of the different programs we investigate the advantages and problems of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a large impact and...

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Green R&D versus End-of-Pipe Emission Abatement: A Model of Directed Technical Change

Rauscher, Michael - 2010

The paper looks at a model of directed technical change in an environmental-economics context. Firms can do conventional or green R&D or they can abate emissions at the end of pipe. The paper has two main foci. On the one hand, it investigates the impact of environmental regulation on the...

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Cultural distance, institutional distance and international trade

Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd; Groot, Henri De; Linders, Gert-Jan; … - 2004

There is large variation in trade patterns across the world. Despite the popular discussion on the ‘death of distance’, distance is still the most important variable explaining this variation. In explaining trade patterns across the worls, it is important to acknowledge the multiple...

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The Effect of Domestic Institutions on International Trade Flows: A sectoral analysis

Linders, Gert-Jan - 2004

Barriers to international trade are more sizeable than can be accounted for on the basis of formal trade barriers and transport costs alone. Search costs in the international marketplace and insecurity of property and contract enforcement have recently been stressed to explain this observation....

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Economic Integration and Location of Manufacturing Activities: Evidence from Mercosur

Sanguinetti, Pablo; Traistaru, Iulia; Martincus, … - 2004

Economic integration leads to a reallocation of resources across sectors and space. Location patterns resulting from North-North and North-South regional trade initiatives have been documented in several studies. However, empirical evidence on South-South agreements is rather limited. In this...

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Matching across space: evidence from Finland

Ahtonen, Sanna-Mari - 2004

This paper studies spatial aspects in local labour markets in Finland from the perspective of a matching approach. The … matching function is extended to account for spatial spill-overs between the local labour markets. The role of population … density in the matching process is also examined. According to results, the Finnish local labour markets suffer from a strong …

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The role of smes for development: a literature review

Duarte, Nelson - 2004

The role played by SMEs in any society is undoubtedly important, for instance, in Portugal around 98% of the industrial … fabric is composed by SMEs. Nowadays, entrepreneurship and firm creation is mostly related to small and micro firms, which …, have influence in the development theatre. At the same, not only the SMEs as a group of firms (industrial sector) must be …

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