innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation … immigrants did not have any effect on innovation. However, decomposing the overall effect into the contributions of low- and high … applications by about 0.2%. By contrast, the impact of high-skilled immigrants on innovation is positive, in line with the previous …

that reduce incentives to invest in new knowledge. Using a formal model of innovation we identify conditions where the … innovation benefits of job-hopping exceed the costs from reduced incentives to invest in human capital. These conditions likely …. Consistent with our model of innovation, we also find that outside of the computer industry, California’s mobility rates are no …

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. …

-to-the-world innovation is inherently risky and therefore may increase the probability of firm death. However, many existing studies … fail to distinguish between innovation investments and innovation capital. Using an unbalanced panel of over 290 … innovation and survival and find that current innovation investments increase the probability of death while innovation capital …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual …

based on innovation. Private equity activity is in this regard a better mode of financing innovative enterprises added to …