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A National Systems View of University Development: Towards a Broadened Perspective on the Entrepreneurial University Based on the German and US Experience

Lehrer, Mark; Nell, Phillip; Gärber, Lisa - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

This paper postulates a life cycle model of university entrepreneurialism at the national level. Based on the analysis, this paper identifies two fundamental sources of such entrepreneurialism: 1) the institutional anchoring of the university of a public-private hybrid form in organization and...

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The BIP trilogy (bipolarization, inequality and polarization): One saga but three different stories

Deutsch, Joseph; Fusco, Alessio; Silber, Jacques - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … polarization. It then shows that a close look at the impact of various income sources on these three types of indicators confirms … on inequality, bipolarization and polarization is analyzed via what is known as the Shapley de-composition and the …

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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997 - 2008

García-Fernándeza, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

In this paper we apply two statistical models to the measurement of polarization to Israeli income data over the past … the overlap between the classes around the cut-values for each class. We then study polarization by use of the MRA in a … normalized polarization measure developed by Palacios and Garcia (2010) which consists of presenting the interaction of three …

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Income and Democracy. A Comment on Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008)

Gundlach, Erich; Paldam, Martin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008) demonstrate that estimation of the standard adjustment model with country-fixed and time-fixed effects removes the statistical significance of income as a causal factor of democracy. We argue that their empirical approach must produce insignificant...

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Focused power: Experiments, the Shapley-Shubik power index, and focal points

Geller, Chris R.; Mustard, Jamie; Shahwan, Ranya - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Experiments evaluate the fit of human behaviour to the Shapley-Shubik power index (SSPI), a formula of voter power. Groups of six subjects with differing votes divide a fixed purse by majority rule in online chat rooms. Earnings proxy for measured power. Chat rooms and processes for selecting...

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Clashes and compromises: Investment policies in tourism destinations

Candela, Guido; Castellani, Massimiliano; Mussoni, Maurizio - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

The authors solve a linear problem where a potential conflict between two agents (Destination manager and Firm) arises in a tourism destination. Destination manager has to choose how to allocate limited resources (capital and land) between either second homes or hotels. This conflict stems from...

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Equal Split in the Informal Market for Group Train Travel

Waichman, Israel; Korzhenevych, Artem; Requate, Till - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

In this paper we make use of a unique dataset collected in the central train station of Kiel, Germany. A group ticket is used by individual proposers who search for co-travelers to share the ride with shortly before the train departure. The bargaining behavior resembles the Ultimatum game to the...

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Social norms or low-cost heuristics? An experimental investigation of imitative behavior

Cicognani, Simona; Mittone, Luigi - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

This paper extends choice theory by allowing for the interaction between cognitive costs and social norms. The authors experimentally investigate the role of imitation and temporal decisional patterns when participants face a task which is costly in cognitive terms. They identify two main...

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Governmental activity, integration, and agglomeration

Ott, Ingrid; Soretz, Susanne - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

This paper analyzes, within a regional growth model, the impact of productive governmental policy and integration on the spatial distribution of economic activity. Integration is understood as enhancing territorial cooperation between the regions, and it describes the extent to which one region...

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What drives innovation? Causes of and consequences for nanotechnologies

Ott, Ingrid; Papilloud, Christian; Zülsdorf, Torben - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

Nanotechnologies are expected to be the dominant general purpose technology of the next decades. Their market potential is immense and especially demand side arguments will have far reaching consequences for innovations. They may occur as increased miniaturization or via building completely new...

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