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Do transfer costs matter for foreign remittances?

Ahmed, Junaid; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 10 (2016) 2016-4, pp. 1-36

Using bilateral data on remittance flows to Pakistan for 23 major host countries, this is the first study that examines the effect of transaction costs on foreign remittances. The authors find that the effect of transaction costs on remittance flows is negative and significant; suggesting that a...

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Structure and Temporal Change of the Credit Network between Banks and Large Firms in Japan

Iyetomi, Hiroshi; Ikeda, Yuichi; Aoyama, Hideaki; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 3 (2009) 2009-7, pp. 1-18

We present a new approach to understanding credit relationships between commercial banks and quoted firms, and with this approach, examine the temporal change in the structure of the Japanese credit network from 1980 to 2005. At each year, the credit network is regarded as a weighted bipartite...

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Organizational form as a source of systemic risk

Bholat, David; Gray, Joanna - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-27, pp. 1-35

Systemic risk now occupies centre stage in discussions of bank regulatory reform. Systemic risk is often seen as a …

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

Saint-Paul, Gilles - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-5, pp. 1-24

This paper develops a model for analyzing 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...

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Minimum quality standards and novelty requirements in a one-short development race

Prokop, Jacek; Regibeau, Pierre; Rockett, Katharine - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-15, pp. 1-49

investment incentives of the initial innovator, contrary to much of the cumulative innovation literature. Indeed, as the effect …

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Monopoly innovation and welfare effects

Yao, Shuntian; Gan, Lydia - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-27, pp. 1-21

In this paper we study the welfare effect of a monopoly innovation. Unlike many partial equilibrium models carried out … technical innovation carried out by a monopolist could significantly increase the social welfare. We conclude that, in general …, the criticism against monopoly innovation based on its increased deadweight loss is less accurate than previously …

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Diversity of science linkages: A survey of innovation performance effects and some evidence from Flemish firms

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde; Zuniga, Pluvia - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-33, pp. 1-26

associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation …

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Innovation strategies of Swiss firms: Identification, dynamics and intra-industry heterogeneity

Hollenstein, Heinz - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-18, pp. 1-61

The study aims at providing new evidence with respect to the still unresolved question, whether the innovation … identifies a set of innovation strategies (cluster analysis), whose adequacy he evaluates using the 'economics of innovation' as … reference. Secondly, the author investigates the dynamics of innovation strategies to get some insights into structural change …

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Perspectives on the knowledge-based society: An introduction to the special issue

Rockett, Katharine - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-35, pp. 1-22

Knowledge exchange, innovation policy, and international trade flows are key aspects of the knowledge-based economy. In … relation between innovation and exports. …

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Innovative green-technology SMEs as an opportunity to promote financial de-risking

Verdolini, Elena; Bak, Céline; Ruet, Joël; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-14, pp. 1-13

The authors recommend that the G20 target innovative green-technology SMEs as an opportunity to promote financial de-risking while addressing Paris Agreement commitments and UN Sustainable Development Goals. This should be achieved by creating signals for private investors through: (1) a...

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