Essays in economics of innovation

0476397 - NHÚ 2019 RIV CZ eng D - Dizertace
Sidorkin, Oleg
Essays in economics of innovation.
Prague: Charles University, CERGE, 2017. 106 s.
Grant CEP: GA ČR GAP402/10/2310
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985998
Klíčová slova: innovation * management quality * political economy
Obor OECD: Applied Economics, Econometrics
http://www.cerge-ei.cz/dissertations/sidorkin-oleg

This dissertation deals with topics related to innovation, management quality, political economy and corruption. In Chapter 1 (which is co-authored by Martin Srholec), we econometrically test the hypothesis that pre-crisis innovation affected firms' survival odds and performance thereafter using a unique micro dataset of shareholding companies from emerging countries in Eastern and Southern Europe derived from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys. In Chapter 2 we study the impact of management quality on the innovation input and output of firms in ten emerging countries using data from the Management, Organization and Innovation (MOI) Survey. We find the effects of management quality on the decisions of firms to invest in R&D hold for both EU and non-EU emerging countries. In Chapter 3 (which is co-authored by Dmitriy Vorobyev) we study the topic of political budget cycles in which opportunistic politicians systematically adjust public policies prior to elections to attract a higher number of votes.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0272907