Journal ArticleReview of Network Economics · January 1, 2013
We conduct a basic analysis of entry and exit in the US broadband market, using a complete FCC census of providers from 2005 to 2008. There is a tremendous amount of (simultaneous) entry and exit in the US broadband market. Most entry is from existing prov ...
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Journal ArticleScottish Journal of Political Economy · November 23, 2009
This paper proposes a simple model of the trade-offs perceived by innovating firms when investing in countries with limited intellectual property rights (IPR). The model allows for a continuous treatment of technology transfer and production cost gains occ ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Economic Growth · December 1, 2007
Fixed operating costs draw a sharp distinction between endogenous growth based on horizontal and vertical innovation: a larger number of product lines puts pressure on an economy's resources; greater productivity of existing product lines does not. Consequ ...
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Journal ArticleReview of Industrial Organization · September 1, 2007
This article focuses on media ownership and spectrum auction design. These two issues have not only been particularly important at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the last year, but also are being informed by economic analysis either compl ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Economic History · June 1, 2004
This article tests the importance of human capital in explaining convergence across the states from 1880 to 1950. Human capital matters to a state's income level and to its growth rate through technological diffusion. The South, whose overwhelmingly agricu ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Economic Growth · March 1, 2003
We generalize the class of endogenous growth models in which the scale of the economy has level rather than growth effects, and study the implications of different demographic and technological factors when both fertility choice and research effort are end ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Development Economics · January 1, 2003
Imports embodying foreign technology raise output directly as inputs into production and indirectly through reverse engineering. This paper quantifies spillovers from high technology imports to domestic imitation and innovation in developed and developing ...
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