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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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How trade patterns and technology flows affect productivity growth

Keller, Wolfgang - 1997

This paper presents a model of international trade in differentiated intermediate goods. Because intermediates are …

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Market power, productivity and the EU single market program: An ex-post assessment on Italian firm level data

Bottasso, Anna; Sembenelli, Alessandro - 1998

This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact the EU Single Market Program has exerted on market power and total …

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Integrating climate policies in the European environment: A policy report

Carraro, Carlo; Goria, Alessandra - 1999

This report summarises the main ideas, proposals, scientific achievements, consensus and conflicting issues that emerged at the Second EFIEA Policy Workshop, held at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 63, Milan, Italy, March 4th-6th, 1999. EFIEA, the European...

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Making CO 2 emission trading more effective: Integrating cross-sectoral energy efficiency opportunities

Albrecht, Johan - 1999

Starting from CO2 emissions data collected during both the production phase and during the lifetime of cars and trucks, we argue that impressive opportunities to reduce emissions can be found in the consumption phase. It is however obvious that energy taxes alone will not lead to a strong...

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US policy towards research joint ventures: Special issue on science and technology policies towards research joint ventures

Vonortas, Nicholas S. - 2000

The US government has decidedly moved towards encouraging co-operation in research and development (R&D) between firms, universities, and other research institutes since the early 1980s. The Republican Administration in the early 1980s set the stage for a radical shift in market environment...

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