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

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

Since 2004, risk in the context of nanotechnologies has been criticized as being too abstract and an all-inclusive category. Moreover,...

We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and convergence. Our work...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We analyze the interdependence between green attitude and equilibrium development of environmental quality in an endogenous growth...

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

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

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

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

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