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    Title: Interaction in R&D and the Case-by-Case Subsidy Rule  Author(s): HORAN, David Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper studies the performance of government subsidy programs which fund business R&D projects. A commonly used criterion for distributing funding is the case-by-case (CbC) rule. Under the rule, project funding is ...
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    Title: Inventors and Impostors: an Economic Analysis of Patent Examination  Author(s): SCHUETT, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications – those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and non-obviousness – should be accepted, while bad ...
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    Title: Product and Process Innovation in a Growth Model of Firm Selection  Author(s): BENEDETTI FASIL, Cristiana Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Recent empirical evidence based on firm level data emphasizes firm heterogeneity in innovation activities and the different effects of process and product innovations on the productivity level and productivity growth. To ...
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    Title: Inventors and Impostors: An Economic Analysis of Patent Examination  Author(s): SCHUETT, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications - those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and nonobviousness - should be accepted, while bad applications ...
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    Title: Rent Seeking, Market Structure and Growth  Author(s): BROU, Daniel; RUTA, Michele Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We construct a model where firms compete in both political and economic markets. In political markets, firms compete for influence over government transfer policy (rents). This activity can be beneficial for the firm, but ...
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    Title: International Schumpeterian competition and optimal R&D subsidies  Author(s): IMPULLITI, Giammario Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper studies the welfare effects of international competition in the market for innovations, and analyzes how competition affects the costs and the benefits of cooperative and non-cooperative R&D subsidies. I set ...
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    Title: International Schumpeterian Competition and Optimal R&D Subsidies  Author(s): IMPULLITI, Giammario Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper studies the welfare effects of international competition in the market for innovations, and analyzes how competition affects the costs and the benefits of cooperative and non-cooperative R&D subsidies. I set ...