of competition law. This raises difficult questions about the relationship between competition and innovation as well as … what kind of assessment concepts competition authorities should use for investigating innovation effects, e.g., in merger … cases. This paper, on one hand, reviews briefly our economic knowledge about competition and innovation, and claims that it …

environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … existing studies focusing on Europe investigate the effect of environmental regulation either on green innovation or on … performance indicators such as exports. We instead look at overall innovation and productivity impact that are the most relevant …

of technological competitiveness (based on innovation in products and markets) or cost competitiveness (relying on … innovation in processes and machinery) and their impact on economic performances. We propose models for the determinants of … classes that group manufacturing and services industries with distinct patterns of innovation. Tests are carried out by …

, processed intermediates, and horticulture, with the greatest significance of successful quality competition and one-way exports …, and the lowest significance of unsuccessful price and unsuccessful quality competition. The duration of relative trade … advantages is longer than the duration for the successful trade competition categories. Our results confirm that the relative …