Browsing by Subject "R&D"

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    Presentation. (2478) Economic History. Unit 2. The Industrial Revolution.” Departamento de Economía Aplicada-Universidad de Murcia. 2016
    (2016-10-14) Martínez Rodríguez, Susana; Economía Aplicada; Facultad de Economía y Empresa
    Syllabus: 2. The Industrial Revolution. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Basic Determinants of the Industrial Revolution. 2.3. The Industrial Revolution and its Patterns of Development. 2.4. The Industrialization of Spain. 2. 5. Conclusions.
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    Technological Development and Software Piracy
    (2015-03-10) Romeu, Andrés; Martínez Sánchez, Francisco; Fundamentos del Análisis Económico
    In this paper, we analyze the differences in piracy rates from one country to another. Like previous papers on the topic, we find that more developed countries have lower incentives for pirating. Unlike previous papers, we find that the piracy rate is positively correlated with the tax burden rate but negatively correlated with the domestic market size and exports over GDP. We also separate the impacts of education and R&D on piracy, and find two effects with opposite signs. Moreover, we find that those countries with smaller, more efficient bureaucracies are likely to protect intellectual property more effectively. Finally, we show that the spread of access to the Internet is negatively correlated with the software piracy rate.