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What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970

Han Kim, E; Morse, Adair; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

received more than 500 citations. We document major shifts in the mode of contribution and in the importance of different sub …

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Returns to Inventors

Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

A key input to inventive activity is human capital. Hence it is important to understand the monetary incentives of inventors. We estimate the effect of patented inventions on individual earnings by linking data on U.S. patents and their inventors to Finnish employer-employee data. Returns are...

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The Resistible Decline of European Science

Bauwens, Luc; Mion, Giordano; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Using a data set of highly cited researchers in all fields of science, we show that the gap in scientific performance …

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The NBER Patent Citations Data File: Lessons, Insights and Methodological Tools

Hall, Bronwyn H; Jaffe, Adam B; Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

‘generality’, self-citations, etc. Many of these measures exhibit interesting differences across the six main technological … — about 3 million patents and 16 million citations — is now available on the NBER website. We discuss key issues that arise in … the use of patent citations data, and suggest ways of addressing them. In particular, significant changes over time in the …

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Education and Invention

Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Modern growth theory puts invention on the center stage. Inventions are created by individuals, raising the question: can we increase number of inventors? To answer this question, we study the causal effect of M.Sc. engineering education on invention, using data on U.S. patents’ Finnish...

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Self-Control, Moderate Consumption and Craving

Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We analyse the consumption strategy of a dynamically inconsistent individual for goods that provide an immediate benefit and a delayed cost. The agent has incomplete information on the cost inherent to each unit of consumption and partially learns this value anytime he consumes. We show that, by...

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Personal Value Priorities of Economists

Gandal, Neil; Roccas, Sonia; Sagiv, Lilach; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Economists often play crucial roles in designing and implementing public policies; thus it is of importance to better understand the values that underlie their decisions. We explore the value hierarchies of economists in four studies: The first two studies examine whether value differences exist...

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Do Consumers Care About How Prices Are Set?

Courty, Pascal; Pagliero, Mario - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Using a survey approach, we ask consumers to reveal their preferences over pricing schemes that may differ in terms of the average price of consumption, the amount of price variation, and the probability of being rationed. We find that consumers dislike pricing schemes that vary prices more but...

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Good Neighbours / Bad Citizens: Personal Value Priorities of Economists

Gandal, Neil; Roccas, Sonia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Several recent studies found that the behaviour of economists was less cooperative than the behaviour of non-economists. Other studies found, however, that economists behaved no differently than other individuals. In this Paper, we study this issue by examining personal value priorities of...

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Trust and Cheating

Butler, Jeff; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

When we take a cab we may feel cheated if the driver takes an unnecessarily long route despite the lack of a contract or promise to take the shortest possible path. Is our decision to take the cab affected by our belief that we may end up feeling cheated? Is the behavior of the driver affected...

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