Using two independent exogenous shocks, we investigate whether the opioid epidemic affects labor and innovation even when personal addiction is not the main driver. Exploiting a setting of corporate innovation where production is mostly generated by white-collar individuals - unlikely addicts -...

We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...

This study aims to analyze inter-stakeholders' interactions, destination governance, reverse innovation and the tasks of central government within Turkish medical tourism market. The investigation's objective is to shed lights on scientists and practitioners regarding to what extent medical...

This study aims to analyze inter-stakeholders' interactions, destination governance, reverse innovation and the tasks of central government within Turkish medical tourism market. The investigation's objective is to shed lights on scientists and practitioners regarding to what extent medical...

In this paper, we examine the similarities and the differences between two global problems, the Coronavirus pandemic and climate change, and the extent to which the experience with the Covid19 pandemic can be of use for tackling climate change. We show that both problems share the same...

This study investigates how enhanced regulation can promote innovation, focusing on the impacts of a significant regulatory reform in China's pharmaceutical sector implemented in 2015. Inspired by regulatory practices in the U.S., the reform aimed to address application backlogs and reduce...

This paper proposes a way of including in official statistics consumers as user innovators who modify or develop products for their own use. The issue addressed is the role of the market in the definition of innovation in the OECD/Eurostat Oslo Manual and the exclusion by the definition of...

The regained interest in the EU for public procurement as a means to stimulate innovation has prompted a debate regarding to what extent the laws regulating public procurement, in particular the EC Procurement Directives, hinder innovation. The rationale for committing to such a debate is...

This contribution argues that uncertainty is integrated into the modern economic systems; however its autochthonously increasing feature is puzzling and should be addressed in a more dedicated way. Behind the curtain of increasing uncertainty, we purport to demonstrate that at least the...