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on Technology and Industrial Dynamics |
| By: | Aoife Hanley; Joaquín Monreal-Pérez |
| Abstract: | The prevalence of Internet-based sales by exporters vs. non-exporters is highlighted in a recent World Bank Report (Ferro, 2011) suggesting the use of sophisticated processes when selling overseas. We investigate the count of new process/ product innovations for a group of newly exporting Spanish firms vs. a non-exporter control group. We use propensity score kernel matching and difference-in-differences to help deal with endogenous exporting, sunk exporting costs and common macroeconomic shocks. Our results confirm that selection into exporting is largely driven by productivity and industry technological differences, consistent with exporting sunk costs. We find some evidence of ‘technology upgrading’ through higher contemporaneous process innovation rates |
| Keywords: | exporting, innovation, Propensity Score Kernel Matching, Learning-by-exporting |
| JEL: | F14 F23 O3 |
| Date: | 2011–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:kie:kieliw:1735&r=tid |
| By: | Nakanishi, Yasuo |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to investigate the copyright protection of intellectual property under vertical relations. Vertical relations among author, manufacturer and retailer are considered. We develop several models, each with a different structure of vertical integration. R&D levels, total quantities, profits and social welfare levels are compared. We also investigate the effect of copyright protection by modeling the cases of perfect protection, partial protection and no protection. We analyze whether copyright benefits social welfare. We explain the policy implications of our results for the protection of copyright. |
| Keywords: | R&D; Patent; Copyright; Vertical Relations; Market Structure |
| JEL: | O34 O33 O32 O31 |
| Date: | 2011–10–18 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:34206&r=tid |