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Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated...
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. This paper proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology that fits with cross …
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such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education’s positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …
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individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation …, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
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capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
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of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
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answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …
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