International Technology Spillovers in Climate-Economy Models: Two Possible Approaches

Technology Transfer and Spillovers in International Joint Ventures

It is often argued that multinationals are reluctant to transfer technology due to the fear of spillovers. We show that this need not be the case if host country policies like taxation are taken into account. Furthermore, we examine the incentives the multinational and the host country have to engage in an international joint venture. We show why a multinational may agree to enter a joint ventu...

Monika Schnitzer : Technology Transfer and Spillovers in International

This paper analyzes the effects of a potential spillover on technology transfer of a multinational enterprise and on the host country policy. In particular, we examine how both parties’ incentives can be controlled through the ownership structure in an international joint venture. In contrast to existing arguments we show that spillovers must not always have negative effects on technology trans...

Technology spillovers and International Borders : ( A Spatial Econometric Analysis

The borders of EU are open for the movement of resources but still there can be some strong negative effects of international borders on productivity and knowledge spillovers compared to the internal regional borders. These negative effect could be due to language barriers, cultural differences, local rules and regulation, legal issues, property rights etc. These effects of international border...

International Pricing in New Open-Economy Models

R ecent developments in open-economy macroeconomics have progressed under the paradigm of nominal price rigidities, where monetary disturbances are the main source of fluctuations. Following developments in closed-economy models, new open-economy models have combined price rigidities and market imperfections in a fully microfounded intertemporal general equilibrium setup. This framework has bee...

International Approaches to Global Climate Change Richard