Obtaining indicators on the innovation activities of firms has been a challenge in economic research for a long time. The most frequently used indicators - R&D expenditures and patents - provide an incomplete…
Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings
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2023
Monitoring progress towards environmental sustainability requires measurement of eco-innovation and outcomes, as determined by the absolute level of air, soil and water pollutants. In addition to the OECD…
Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings
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2023
This chapter presents the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP), which is the German part of the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS). Differently to most national CIS, the MIP is an annual survey based on a panel…
I study the impact of subsidies for Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) on carbon emissions. I show that subsidizing innovations without considering consumer behavior can harm the environment. I provide descriptive…
We study the incentives of a streaming platform to bias consumption when products are vertically differentiated. The platform offers mixed bundles of content to monetize consumers’ interest in variety and pays…
Skills shortage has become a key policy issue in highly developed and innovation-oriented economies, with non-negligible consequences on firms’ innovation activities. We investigate the effect of skills shortage…