Political Uncertainty and Policy Innovation

Policy Uncertainty and Technological Innovation ^ ' ^ ALFRED

Without certainty about government policies, business decision makers are unable to assess risk and opportunity and make the trade-offs necessary for investment in new technologies. Different policies (R&D, health and safety, economic regulation) have different effects, depending on type of industry and size of firm. Because there are no established standards for judging industry performance, i...

Electoral Competition , Political Uncertainty , and Policy Insulation RUI

Why are government bureaus not necessarily organized to implement policy effectively? One view holds that a main culprit is political uncertainty. Elected officials know that they will not hold office forever, so they use “insulating” structures that constrain bureaucratic discretion, making bureaus less subject to sabotage but also less effective. I revise this theory by modeling how public of...

The political economy of Internet innovation policy in Vietnam

Despite the government’s central role in Internet innovation, Vietnam has one of the lowest Internet subscription rates in the world. This paper presents an analysis of Internet innovation in Vietnam. It is argued that one of the major reasons for the modest success is that Internet innovation policy is influenced more by ideo-political than socio-economic realism. To further Vietnam’s integrat...

Innovation surveys and innovation policy

science, technology and innovation policy

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