Research Subsidies and Innovation Improve Productivity

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-48
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Economics Of Innovation ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Edge Conditions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Policy Impacts ◽  
Productivity Modeling

Most productivities theorists agree that understanding the economics of innovation and technological change is central to understanding why some suppliers grow faster than other suppliers. The driving force behind recent developments in innovation models of productivity is a desire to incorporate quality. Incorporating quality of produced products without the addition of restrictive razor's edge conditions implies that policy impacts the productivity. This paper makes productivity modeling along the lines of Barro and Becker (1989) and models an array of government policies to demonstrate how some policies can impact productivity in a productivity model without the addition of restrictive razor's edge conditions. In the author's model government policies are categorized according to whether they have profits only, profits and productivity, or no impact on profits and/or productivity. The model also predicts that a research subsidy promotes long run productivity.

scholarly journals Understanding the Impacts of Transboundary Waste Shipment Policies: The Case of Plastic and Electronic Waste

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshav Parajuly ◽  
Colin Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Policy Impacts ◽  
The Impact

Impact assessment is a part of the policy implementation cycle, which can support the design and implementation of effective policies at a minimum cost. It can be instrumental in understanding policy options available to tackle a particular issue before devising a policy and in analyzing the performance of already implemented policy instruments with respect to the desired goals. When it comes to environmental policies, demonstrating the worth and merit of any regulation is even more important. The knowledge gathered from the evaluation of existing policies can help improve the quality of new environmental policies. This paper analyzes policy impacts and their assessments related to the transboundary movement of waste. E-waste and plastic waste fractions are used as cases in order to study three associated policies and their impact assessments. Learnings from the analysis are summarized and measures for strengthening the impact assessment approaches are recommended based on the evidence from recent developments in the transboundary movement of waste fractions. Impact assessments of waste management and shipment policies could benefit from a more comprehensive but issue-oriented approach that looks beyond the short-term economic savings.

Economic Growth: New Problems and New Risks

2006 ◽  
pp. 20-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ershov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Rate Of Growth

The economic growth, which is underway in Russia, raises new questions to be addressed. How to improve the quality of growth, increasing the role of new competitive sectors and transforming them into the driving force of growth? How can progressive structural changes be implemented without hampering the rate of growth in general? What are the main external and internal risks, which may undermine positive trends of development? The author looks upon financial, monetary and foreign exchange aspects of the problem and comes up with some suggestions on how to make growth more competitive and sustainable.

The Role of Technological Change in the Long-run Global Economy Forecasting

2013 ◽  
pp. 97-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Apokin
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World ◽  
National Economies

The author compares several quantitative and qualitative approaches to forecasting to find appropriate methods to incorporate technological change in long-range forecasts of the world economy. A?number of long-run forecasts (with horizons over 10 years) for the world economy and national economies is reviewed to outline advantages and drawbacks for different ways to account for technological change. Various approaches based on their sensitivity to data quality and robustness to model misspecifications are compared and recommendations are offered on the choice of appropriate technique in long-run forecasts of the world economy in the presence of technological change.

scholarly journals Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Logistics in 2020

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Quality

Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Logistics maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]

scholarly journals Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Brain Sciences in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Brain Sciences

Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Brain Sciences maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]

scholarly journals Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Dairy in 2020

Dairy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Quality

Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Dairy maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]

scholarly journals Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Cosmetics in 2020

Cosmetics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Quality

Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Cosmetics maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]

scholarly journals The signs of frenetic standstill: The concept of change in the discourse of lifelong learning and the tempo of the Czech National Qualifications Framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 0961463X2110060
Author(s):  
Tomáš Karger
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Organizational Hierarchy ◽  
National Qualifications Framework ◽  
Recognition Of Prior Learning ◽  
Recent Developments

The aim of this study is to interpret recent developments in the field of adult education in the Czech Republic through the theory of social acceleration. The study is designed as focused ethnography, drawing upon observation, interviewing, and document analysis. The material is read through the concepts of acceleration and frenetic standstill and contextualized in the discourses on industry 4.0 and recognition of prior learning. The study shows how the notion of constant technological change drives the Czech discourse of adult education, introducing a sense of urgency and pressing for faster developments in the further education of adults. However, the field of adult education exhibits a lack of consistency in its development, translating into absenting sense of progress. Within this context, the Czech National Qualifications Framework (NQF) has produced a steady output of qualification standards even though its internal processes have been prolonged. The tempo of the NQF and the absenting sense of progress can be read as signs of a frenetic standstill, accompanied by a high fluctuation of individuals on all levels of an organizational hierarchy. The study argues that acceleration is not driven by technological change in the observed context as the examined discourses expect. Instead, social acceleration seems to be perpetuating itself as a relatively independent force, eroding institutions that are seen as key in adapting to the incoming transition.

scholarly journals Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Geosciences in 2020

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Quality

Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Geosciences maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]

scholarly journals Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Clean Technologies in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-80
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Clean Technologies

Peer review is the driving force of journal development, and reviewers are gatekeepers who ensure that Clean Technologies maintains its standards for the high quality of its published papers [...]

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