Scarcity of Ideas and Design of Optimal Incentive Schemes for Innovation

创新是经济增长的动力，提升创新能力是澳大利亚的重要考虑因素。从经济学的角度来看，这需要在对促进创新至关重要的制度结构中设计最优的激励方案。这项拟议的研究旨在通过定义创新并分析其含义来实现这一点。其结果将有助于澳大利亚创新政策的讨论，并将加强澳大利亚与国际大学之间的学术互动。

Since innovation is the driving force behind economic growth, enhancing its innovative capacity is an important consideration for Australia. From an economics point of view, this requires the design of optimal incentive schemes in the institutional structures which are central to promoting innovation. The proposed research aims to achieve exactly this by developing a definition of innovativeness and analyzing its implications. Its results will contribute to the policy discussions on innovation in Australia and will enhance the academic interactions between Australian and international universities.