Taking robotic patents between 1977 and 2017 and building upon the topic modeling technique, we extract their latent topics, analyze how...

This paper analyzes within a spatial endogenous growth setting the impact of public policy coordination on agglomeration. Governments in each...

We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills...

This paper analyzes the impact of different individual skills and their economy-wide distribution among heterogenous entrepreneurs on a...

In this article we analyze the interdependent issues of urbanization, growth, and globalization by presenting key empirical facts and relevant...

Nanotechnologies (together with biotechnology, information and cognitive sciences) belong to the so-called converging technologies that are...

Nanotechnologies are expected to be the dominant general purpose technology of the next decades. Their market potential is immense and...

We analyse the link between internet use and foreign sourcing of services and materials inputs. In our empirical analysis using firm level...

Nanotechnologies are technologies applied to a molecular level, which can be embedded in materials including human cells and atoms of mineral,...

This paper employs a dynamic framework to compare the effects of alternative government policies on convergence of industrialized economies to...

This paper employs a dynamic framework to compare the effects of alternative government policies on convergence of industrialized economies to...

This paper analyzes, within a regional growth model, the impact of a productive governmental input and integration on the spatial distribution...

In the intermediate and long run, energy prices and hence transportation costs are expected to increase significantly. According to the...

This paper analyzes the impact of different individual skills and their economy-wide distribution on a country’s catching up-process to the...

This article investigates the contribution of local knowledge endowment to employment growth in nanotechnology firms. We exploit a unique data...

Non‐excludable and excludable public inputs are introduced into an endogenous growth model. We derive the equilibrium growth rate and design...

This paper investigates the consequences for government size, growth and welfare if a selfish bureaucracy provides a congested input....

This article brings together two areas of research: studies on risk perception of technologies and studies on vocational/career choice. This...

This paper analyzes the growth impact of fiscal and institutional policies for alternative sizes of regions. The local government provides a...