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  • Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

    Creator:
    Wang, Chenggang
    Abstract:
    The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly stimulated investment in life-science research. The present dissertation is aimed at evaluating the impact of US public investment on industrial investment in life-science research. The focus is on three major life-science fields: biology, medicine, and agriculture. A dynamic model of industrial R&D investment is...
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    sciences at least, the dominating stimulant to industrial R&D investment has been technology push, i.e

  • Three essays on firm heterogeneity and regional development

    Creator:
    Saito, Hisamitsu
    Abstract:
    The objective of this dissertation is to theoretically and empirically examine the role of firm heterogeneity in terms of productivity and skill-intensity in the agglomeration process and the effect of agglomeration on regional economic development. In the first essay, I analyze the effect of trade liberalization on agglomeration of high-...
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    ., movement away from a core. In the presence of increasing-returns -to-scale technology, if the former

  • Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

    Creator:
    Min, He
    Abstract:
    Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
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    Technology Assessment (OTA) estimates that monetary costs associated with biological invasions into the

  • Essays on productivity, economic geography and trade : the case of Chile

    Creator:
    Echeverria, Rodrigo A.
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    This dissertation investigates the relative importance of firm-specific and geographic characteristics for export behavior in the Chilean primary and processed food industries. The first essay develops a new method for measuring geographic characteristics to account for economic activity in adjacent, but separate spatial units. In the application to the Chilean...
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