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In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
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Creative cities are seen as important sites for the generation of new ideas, products and processes. Yet, beyond case studies of a few high-profile cities, there is little empirical evidence on the link between local creative industries concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap...
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In this essay we analyze the relation between long-term growth and institutional development. Relative backwardness has been a constant feature of the history of Latin America. In the wake of Independence the gap between Latin America and the industrializing world was already wide and widened...
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We model networks of relational (or implicit) contracts, exploring how sanctioning power and equilibrium conditions change under different network configurations and information transmission technologies. In our model relations are the links, and the value of the network lies in its ability to...
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supervision. Central bank communication will constitute a central policy tool for that purpose. The paper asks how such … communication will affect financial markets, exploiting the fact that many central banks have had some financial stability role in … times, but can have a substantially larger effect during periods of financial stress. Moreover, central bank communication …
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We examine monetary policy in the euro area from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. We discuss what theory tells us the strategy of Central banks should be and contrasts it with the one employed by the ECB. We review accomplishments (and failures) of monetary policy in the euro area...
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We use experiments to analyze what type of communication is most effective in achieving cooperation in a simple … collusion game. Consistent with the existing literature on communication and collusion, even minimal communication leads to a … strategies, this initial burst of collusion rapidly collapses. When unlimited pre-game communication is allowed via a chat window …
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either embodied (traded intermediates) or disembodied form (direct communication). Knowledge transfer costs interact with the …
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The paper presents a positive model of communication in federal legislatures to study the incentives of members to … consideration, communication between delegates generally suffers from a bias that make truthful revelation difficult and sometimes …-)centralization, which revisits Oates' decentralization theorem in a world of incomplete information and strategic communication. Empirical …
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, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i … communication and substantial employee discretion. (iii) Broad task assignments and intensive horizontal communication are … complementary. Hence, lower communication costs often result in less specialization. …
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