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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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Innovation, inequality and a golden rule for growth in an economy with Cobb-Douglas function and an R&D sector
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2015
capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510592
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Artificial intelligence against COVID-19 : an early review
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...
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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas
Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014
crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342449
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Innovation, productivity, and training
Dostie, Benoît - 2014
stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …
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Return of the Solow paradox? : IT, productivity, and employment in US manufacturing
Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, … - 2014
An increasingly influential "technological-discontinuity" paradigm suggests that IT-induced technological changes are rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some...
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Public funding and corporate innovation
Beck, Mathias; Junge, Martin; Kaiser, Ulrich - 2017
, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …
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Co-determination and innovation
Kraft, Kornelius; Stank, Jörg; Dewenter, Ralf - 2009
-determination slows down technological progress and reduces innovativeness. -- Co-determination ; innovation ; patents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517154
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Firm-level upgrading in developing countries
Verhoogen, Eric - 2021
various dimensions of upgrading - learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …
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Welfare analysis in a Schumpeterian growth model with capital
Hagedorn, Marcus; Kaul, Ashok; Reinthaler, Volker - 2001
In this note we compare the laissez-faire steady-state solution in the Howitt and Aghion (1998) model to the social optimum. The analysis offers several new insights in comparison to the welfare analysis in Aghion and Howitt (1992). We find various new distortions between private and optimal...
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