We find that international trade has an economically significant and statistically robust
positive effect on productivity. Our trade measure is imports plus exports relative to …

Due to underlying technological and organizational differences, industries differ in their
need for external finance. Since services provided by the financial sector are largely …

The identification of major driving factors of a country's export performance represents a
challenging task. In particular, existing empirical evidence on the role of non-price …

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of national culture, openness of the economy,
and patent protection framework on R&D investment. We test these assumptions using a …

Abstract Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from the Spanish
Experience.—The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) …

In this paper, we analyze the economic impacts of the West-East Electricity Transmission
Project (WEETP) project using the multi-period difference-in-difference (DID) method based …

Cost-effective environmental policy generally requires that all emission sources are faced
with the same tax. In this paper I discuss how the existence of induced technological change …

This paper analyses how increased R&D expenditures and market size influence the
distribution of comparative advantage. Previous studies report ambiguous results and also …

Environmental Policy and Technological Innovation comprehensively explores the factors
which can influence a firm’ s behavioural approach towards develo** clean …

Chief executive officers (CEOs) play a dominant role in firm decision-makings and
operations, and their characteristics will affect firm sustainable growth. This study …