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Innovation Strategies in a Competitive Dynamic Setting

Lukach, Ruslan; Plasmans, Joseph; Kort, Peter M. - CESifo - 2005

This paper presents a dynamic model of a competitive R&D and production duopoly subject to knowledge spillovers. Two … planner prefer the R&D-cooperative strategy over the competitive one regardless of the intensity of knowledge spillovers … venture, the firms do not necessary choose the highest degree of cooperation available. …

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R&D and Production Behavior of Asymmetric Duopoly Subject to Knowledge Spillovers

Plasmans, Joseph - CESifo - 2000

We construct an asymmetri c duopolistic R&D and production behavior model subject to knowledge spillovers. This model …

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Culture, Spatial Diffusion of Ideas and their Long-Lasting Imprints - Evidence from Froebel's Kindergarten Movement

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver - CESifo - 2014

We document the spatial diffusion of Friedrich Froebel’s radical invention of kindergartens in 19th-century Germany. The first kindergarten was founded at Froebel’s birthplace. Early spatial diffusion can be explained by cultural proximity, measured by historical dialect similarity, to...

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Demographic Change and Regional Labour Markets : The Case of Eastern Germany

Henschel, Beate; Pohl, Carsten; Thum, Marcel P. - 2021

Demographic change will be one of the most challenging issues for industrialized economies in the decades to come. In this paper, we focus on the impact of demographic change on labour markets. By setting up a stylized model of a regional labour market, we are able to analyze the interaction of...

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Size and Soft Budget Constraints

Crivelli, Ernesto; Staal, Klaas - 2021

-national governments. We look at a model where districts of different size provide local public goods with positive spillovers. Matching …

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Social Interaction and Urban Sprawl

Brueckner, Jan K.; Largey, Ann Geraldine - 2021

Various authors, most notably Putnam (2000), have argued that low-density living reduces social capital and thus social interaction, and this argument has been used to buttress criticisms of urban sprawl. If low densities in fact reduce social interaction, then an externality arises, validating...

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A Structural Model of Demand for Apprentices

Muehlemann, Samuel; Schweri, Juerg; Winkelmann, Rainer; … - CESifo - 2005

It is a widely held opinion that apprenticeship training represents a net investment for training firms, and that therefore firms only train if they have the possibility to recoup these investments after the training period. A recent study using a new firm-level dataset for Switzerland showed,...

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Demand for Higher Education Programs: The Impact of the Bologna Process

Alexandre, Fernando; Cardoso, Ana Rute; Portela, Miguel; … - CESifo - 2007

The Bologna process aims at creating a European Higher Education Area where inter-country mobility of students and staff, as well as workers holding a degree, is facilitated. While several aspects of the process deserve wide public support, the reduction of the length of the first cycle of...

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How Low Business Tax Rates Attract Multinational Headquarters: Municipality-Level Evidence from Germany

Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Merlo, Valeria - CESifo - 2009

Most existing empirical evidence on the impact of profit taxation on multinational firm activity is based on cross-country data. One major drawback of such data is that countries differ not only with regard to taxes but along other dimensions which might be hard to capture by means of observable...

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A Theory of Tolerance

Corneo, Giacomo - 2007

We develop an economic theory of tolerance where lifestyles and traits are invested with symbolic value by people. Value systems are endogenous and taught by parents to their children. In conjunction with actual behavior, value systems determine the esteem enjoyed by individuals. Intolerant...

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