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The Dynamics of the Transfer and Renewal of Patents

Serrano, Carlos J. - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2006

This paper explores a new dataset of transfers of patents recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office …. The aim of the paper is twofold. First, a number of patterns are presented. For instance, the probability of a patent …. Second, the paper extends Pakes and Schankerman\\'s patent renewal framework in order to develop a model of the transfer and …

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The Evolution of Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis

Restuccia, Diego; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2012

Between 1940 and 2000 there has been a substantial increase of educational attainment in the United States. What caused this trend? We develop a model of human capital accumulation that features a non-degenerate distribution of educational attainment in the population. We use this framework to...

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The evaluation of the electronic prescription service in primary care: interim report on the findings from the evaluation in early implementer sites

Hibberd, Ralph; Barber, Nick; Cornford, Tony; Lichtner, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This report provides and interim account of some aspects of research undertaken in to the adoptions and use of the electronic prescription service (EPS) in England. The role of EPS is a fundamentally simple one. It allows the transmission of prescription messages and digitally-signed...

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Financial institutions and the wealth of nations: tales of development

Tong, Jian; Xu, Cheng-Gang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the evolution of the financing regimes. The...

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The contribution of schooling in development accounting: results from a nonparametric upper bound

Caselli, Francesco; Ciccone, Antonio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to the development accounting literature by describing a nonparametric upper bound on the increase in output that can be generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach...

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Interoperability and market foreclosure in the European Microsoft case

Kuhn, Kai Uwe; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

In this paper we discuss some of the most important economic issues raised in European Commission vs. Microsoft (2004 …

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The effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure

Ioannides, Yannis M.; Overman, Henry G.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

changes could lead us to predict the death of distance. This paper is concerned with one aspect of this prediction: the impact …

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Accounting for research and productivity growth across industries

Ngai, L. Rachel; Samaniego, Roberto M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

What factors underlie industry differences in research intensity and productivity growth? We develop a multi-sector endogenous growth model allowing for industry specific parameters in the production functions for output and knowledge, and in consumer preferences. We find that long run industry...

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Educational attainment, labour market institutions, and the structure of production

Nickell, Stephen J; Redding, Stephen; Swaffield, Joanna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

GDP and the secular rise of service sectors. This paper examines the role played by relative prices, technology, factor …

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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry

Aghion, Philippe; Dechezlepretre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between “dirty” (internal combustion engine) and “clean” (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show...

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