Rethinking rent seeking for technological change and development
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-018-0591-3
Abstract: The analysis of rents and rent-seeking is highly relevant for evolutionary economics but it has received little attention. This paper surveys the recent literature on technological change, rents, and rent-seeking applied to economic development. Economic… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; rent; rent seeking; economics ... See more keywords
Erratum to: Will Technological Change Save the World? The Rebound Effect in International Transfers of Technology
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DOI: 10.1007/s10640-017-0116-9
Abstract: Technological change and its transfer to developing countries is often portrayed by policy-makers as a critical part of the solution to a resource problem such as climate change, based on the assumption that the transfer… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; rebound effect; resource; transfer ... See more keywords
Environmental Policy in the Presence of Induced Technological Change
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DOI: 10.1007/s10640-017-0150-7
Abstract: We examine the hypothesis that induced technological change (ITC) can dramatically lower the cost of a carbon tax in a static optimal tax model. The research and development sector is represented by an aggregate stock… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; tax; policy presence; induced technological ... See more keywords
Taking the Sector Seriously: Data, Developments, and Drivers of Intrasectoral Earnings Inequality
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1677-2
Abstract: The widespread increase in earnings inequality within postindustrial countries has received a lot of attention in both the public debate and the academic literature. Remarkably, the developments in earnings inequality have mainly been studied at… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; taking sector; earnings inequality; study ... See more keywords
Servicification of investment and structural transformation: The case of China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101621
Abstract: Structural transformation is a key feature of economic development. Traditional literature attributes it to changes in the sectoral composition of consumption. Different from it, we argue that the "servici fication" of investment goods, which is… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; investment; employment share; structural transformation ... See more keywords
Directed Technological Change in a Post-Keynesian Ecological Macromodel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.008
Abstract: This paper presents a post-Keynesian ecological macro model that combines three strands of literature: the directed technological change mechanism developed in mainstream endogenous growth theory models, the ecological economic literature which highlights the role of… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; post keynesian; keynesian ecological; directed technological ... See more keywords
Phasing out a polluting input in a growth model with directed technological change
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.08.022
Abstract: Abstract This paper explores the potential conflict between economic growth and the environment, and the optimal long-run environmental policy. It formulates a growth model with directed technological change and focuses on the case with low… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; directed technological; model directed; growth model ... See more keywords
Narratives of resistance to technological change: Drawing lessons for urban energy transitions in southern Chile
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DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101473
Abstract: Abstract Several cities in southern Chile are immersed in energy transition processes due to the severe air pollution that the massive use of firewood for domestic heating and cooking has generated. Semi-structured interviews and news… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; energy transitions; energy; change ... See more keywords
Technology, offshoring and the rise of non-routine jobs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.08.009
Abstract: This paper documents the growing share of non-routine jobs in the labor force of thirty-seven advanced and emerging countries over the period 1999–2007. To examine the role of offshoring and technological change in driving this… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; routine jobs; labor; offshoring rise ... See more keywords
Choice of technological change for China's low-carbon development: Evidence from three urban agglomerations.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.08.052
Abstract: China's three urban agglomerations, namely, "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei", "Yangtze River Delta", and "Pearl River Delta", are the most developed regions in China. These agglomerations are also expected to play a leading role in China's low-carbon development. Energy-saving… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; three urban; carbon; low carbon ... See more keywords
Analogical reasoning, cognition, and the response to technological change: Lessons from mobile communication
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.103958
Abstract: Abstract We examine how analogical reasoning affects cognition and investment decisions in the face of technological change. Our research design is an in-depth, longitudinal case study of Nokia and its response to mobile Internet between… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; reasoning cognition; response; analogical reasoning ... See more keywords