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Capacity utilization in a generalized Malmquist index including environmental factors : a decompostion analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 473, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Productivity measures ignoring environmental effects may give misleading information on total productivity growth. Further, business cycles in the form of capacity utilization may also significantly influence ... -
Growth policy in a small, open economy : domestic innovation and learning from abroad
(Discussion Papers;572, Working paper, 2008)Research and development (R&D) play a pivotal role for innovation and productivity growth, and knowledge spillovers can make the case for public support to private R&D. In small and open economies, absorption of foreign ... -
Innovative and absorptive capacity effects of education in a small open economy
(Discussion papers;694, Working paper, 2012-06)Evidence points to relatively low supply elasticities for workers skilled for research and development (R&D), which can hamper innovation and growth. Increasing the supply of R&D skills will expand an economy's innovative ... -
On general versus emission saving R&D support
(Discussion Papers;584, Working paper, 2009)We analyse welfare effects of supporting general versus emission saving technological development when carbon emissions are regulated by a carbon tax. We use a computable general equilibrium model with induced technological ... -
Technological changes in the pulp and paper industry and the role of uniform versus selective environmental policy
(Discussion Papers;No. 357, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Although environmental regulations may imply a cost increase on firm's conventional input factors, such regulations could stimulate the incentives to improve factor productivity. Productivity measures including ... -
Welfare and growth impacts of innovation policies in a small, open economy. An applied general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 510, Working paper, 2007)We explore how innovation incentives in a small, open economy should be designed in order to achieve the highest welfare and growth, by means of a computable general equilibrium model with R&D-driven endogenous technological ...