independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

In modern growth theory, innovation has been acknowledged to be the engine of economic growth and prosperity. However …, from a social perspective, firms might underinvest in R&D and innovation because of market failures that drive a wedge … between private and social returns to R&D. Therefore, governments around the world are trying to foster innovation by supply …