/pdf/the-theory-of-industrial-organization-19bejph0ej.pdf

The Theory of Industrial Organization

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/awi/professuren/intwipol/energy.pdf

Does higher economic and financial development lead to environmental degradation: Evidence from BRIC countries

The impact of growth, energy and financial development on the environment in China: A cointegration analysis

International patent protection: 1960–2005

https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/13015/1/Tamazian_Rao.pdf

Do economic, financial and institutional developments matter for environmental degradation? Evidence from transitional economies

The Effects of Environmental Regulations on Foreign Direct Investment

We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian Household Panel Survey. Two distinct selection issues are considered in the estimation of the earnings equation; we implement a natural method using MLE. The result that there is a “premium” to work experience abroad for women is robust across the models we considered. For men, the return to working abroad is not generally significant.

Returns to returning

Much has been written on the connection between migration and international trade. Human history provides important examples of migrations leading to increased trade activity, with perhaps the most well-known example of the ‘Overseas Chinese’. This study investigates the trade-related importance of Chinese and other immigrants into the USA. Previous studies may have underestimated (or overestimated) the relationship between trade and migration with nations treated as featureless plains rather than as varied landscapes. This study contends that an understanding of the immigration–trade relationship can be improved upon by examining the specific pattern and destination of immigration into specific US states. Using state level export data to 28 immigrant source countries in 1993, a strong immigration–trade link is found, reinforcing conclusions made by previous research using country level data. The compelling connection between immigration and trade found in this study and others suggests that future change...

The export effect of immigration into the USA

The paper asks whether exports are affected by importers' patent rights regimes using a gravity trade equation. US export data to 71 countries from 1970 to 1992 are used. A two-way random-effects panel indicates that patent rights regimes per se do not matter; they matter with importing countries' imitative abilities. For a country with an "average" imitative ability, US RD a unit increase in the patent rights index leads to a drop in US non-R&D-intensive exports by about 8-11%.

Do Patent Rights Regimes Matter

This paper examines the evolution of patent activities across U.S. states from 1963 to 1997. Several patterns are uncovered. First, there is invention catch-up by some lagging states. Second, the evidence is consistent with knowledge diffusion. Third, leading states unable to reinvent themselves lose their leads. Fourth, catch-up can be across a diverse field of activities or focused on select activities. State patent growth is positively correlated to industry R&D and a variable capturing labor skill and infrastructure quality. These provide rationale for state policy makers to increase support to programs that enhance labor skill (e.g., education) and infrastructure quality.

Catherine Y. Co

Papers

The Effects of Environmental Regulations on Foreign Direct Investment

Returns to returning

The export effect of immigration into the USA

Do Patent Rights Regimes Matter

Evolution of the Geography of Innovation: Evidence from Patent Data