Firms, technological change and institutions for innovation (B04)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics ; Empirical Social Research ; Statistics and Econometrics
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 280092119

The project studies the role of firms as drivers of technological, societal and economic change. The work in the third funding period is largely empirical and will (i) extend the earlier focus on superstar firms to understand causes and consequences of increased market concentration on innovation, growth, and welfare, (ii) study behavioral aspects of human interaction with new technologies, artificial intelligence and digital markets, and (iii) study how the organization of knowledge flows within and across scientific organizations relates to frictions in the market for technology, e.g., via institutions like bankruptcy laws and patent systems.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 190: Rationality and Competition: The Economic Performance of Individuals and Firms
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Anna Gumpert, until 12/2024; Professor Dr. Dietmar Harhoff; Professorin Dr. Monika Schnitzer; Professorin Claudia Steinwender, Ph.D.