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Entrepreneurship and growth: lessons from an intellectual journey

by Philippe Aghion Published in Small business economics (01.01.2017)

“...This lecture is the story of an intellectual journey, that of elaborating a new—Schumpeterian—theory of economic growth. A theory where (i) growth is generated...”

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The Environment and Directed Technical Change

by Daron Acemoglu Philippe Aghion Leonardo Bursztyn David Hemous Published in The American economic review (01.02.2012)

“...This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints. The final good is produced from "dirty" and...”

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Innovation and Institutional Ownership

by Philippe Aghion John Van Reenen Luigi Zingales Published in The American economic review (01.02.2013)

“...We find that greater institutional ownership is associated with more innovation. To explore the mechanism, we contrast the "lazy manager" hypothesis with a...”

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REGULATION AND DISTRUST

by Philippe Aghion Yann Algan Pierre Cahuc Andrei Shleifer Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.08.2010)

“...We document that, in a cross section of countries, government regulation is strongly negatively correlated with measures of trust. In a simple model explaining...”

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Innovation and Growth from a Schumpeterian Perspective

by Philippe Aghion Published in Revue d'économie politique (01.09.2018)

“...In this lecture we argue that important aspects of the growth process cannot easily be accounted for using models where capital accumulation is the main source...”

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KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, INNOVATION AND GROWTH

by Philippe Aghion Xavier Jaravel Wesley M. Cohen Daniel A. Levinthal Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.03.2015)

“...Cohen and Levinthal (1989) introduced the notion of absorptive capacity and demonstrated that knowledge spillovers can induce complementarities in R&D efforts...”

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Incomplete Contracts and the Theory of the Firm: What Have We Learned over the Past 25 Years?

by Philippe Aghion Richard Holden Published in The Journal of economic perspectives (01.04.2011)

“...Sanford Grossman and Oliver Hart used the theory of incomplete contracts to develop answers to the question “What is a firm, and what determines its...”

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Schumpeterian Growth Theory and the Dynamics of Income Inequality

by Philippe Aghion Published in Econometrica (01.05.2002)

“...In this lecture, it is argued that Schumpeterian Growth Theory, in which growth is driven by a sequence of quality-improving innovations, can shed light on two...”

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Science, technology and innovation for economic growth: Linking policy research and practice in ‘STIG Systems’

by Aghion, Philippe David, Paul A Foray, Dominique Published in Research policy (2009)

“...This paper reflects on the relevance of “systems-theoretic” approaches to the interdependent policy issues relating to the dynamics of science, technology and...”

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Creative Destruction and Subjective Well-Being

by Philippe Aghion Ufuk Akcigit Angus Deaton Alexandra Roulet Published in The American economic review (01.12.2016)

“...In this paper we analyze the relationship between turnover-driven growth and subjective well-being. Our model of innovation-led growth and unemployment...”

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THE EFFECTS OF ENTRY ON INCUMBENT INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY

by Philippe Aghion Richard Blundell Rachel Griffith Peter Howitt Susanne Prantl Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.02.2009)

“...How does firm entry affect innovation incentives in incumbent firms? Microdata suggest that there is heterogeneity across industries. Specifically, incumbent...”

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Growth, Distance to Frontier and Composition of Human Capital

by Jérôme Vandenbussche Philippe Aghion Costas Meghir Published in Journal of economic growth (Boston, Mass.) (01.06.2006)

“...We examine the contribution of human capital to economy-wide technological improvements through the two channels of innovation and imitation. We develop a...”

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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

by Aghion, Philippe Burgess, Robin Redding, Stephen J Zilibotti, Fabrizio Published in The American economic review (01.09.2008)

“...We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the License Raj—a system of central controls regulating entry and production...”

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Lessons from Schumpeterian Growth Theory

by Philippe Aghion Ufuk Akcigit Peter Howitt Published in The American economic review (01.05.2015)

“...By operationalizing the notion of creative destruction, Schumpeterian growth theory generates distinctive predictions on important microeconomic aspects of the...”

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Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship

by Philippe Aghion Nick Bloom Richard Blundell Rachel Griffith Peter Howitt Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.05.2005)

“...This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition and innovation. We find strong evidence of an inverted-U relationship using panel...”

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Patent rights, product market reforms, and innovation

by Philippe Aghion Peter Howitt Susanne Prantl Published in Journal of economic growth (Boston, Mass.) (01.09.2015)

“...In this paper, we provide empirical evidence to the effect that strong patent rights may complement competition-increasing product market reforms in fostering...”

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