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We compare outcomes obtained by sellers who listed their home on a newly developed For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) web site versus those who used an agent and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). We do not find support for the hypothesis that listing on the MLS helps sellers obtain a significantly...
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We develop a multi-country, dynamic general equilibrium model of product innovation and international trade to study …
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We examine the effects of the State Innovation Models (SIM) on population-level health status. The SIM initiative …
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change and innovation has radically changed the living standards of the citizens of the US in the past 150 years. Lying … the presence of post offices in a county, on innovation. We show that between 1804 and 1899, the time when the US became …
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We study the causal impact of patent invalidation on subsequent innovation and exit by the patent holder. The analysis …
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If scientific knowledge is a public good, why do firms invest in research? This paper revisits this classic question with new data on patent citations to scientific publications by corporations. Using data on 4,736 firms for the period 1980-2006, we document that corporate investment in research...
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Climate change will increase the risk of temperature extremes. Induced innovation could offset some of this threat …. This paper explores the demand and supply for climate adaptation innovation in a market economy. Climate change induces … this innovation because the rising temperatures increase demand for self protection products and for profit firms respond …
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concerned with the supply of human capital to entrepreneurship and innovation …
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We study how innovation and technology diffusion interact to endogenously determine the shape of the productivity … similar goods. The balance of adoption and innovation determines the shape of the distribution; innovation stretches the … of innovators. While innovation drives long-run growth, changes in the adoption environment can influence growth by …
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Economic studies typically underestimate incremental changes in consumer goods and design innovations that enhance allocative efficiency and structural dynamics. This paper assesses over 12,000 innovations by female patentees and participants in industrial fairs and prize-granting institutions...
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