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Comparative Localization of Academic and Industrial Spillovers

Adams, James D. - 2001

This paper studies localization of academic and industrial knowledge spillovers. Using data on U.S. Research and Development laboratories, that quantify spatial aspects of learning about universities and firms as well as their locations, I find that academic spillovers are more localized than...

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Optimal Lockdown in a Commuting Network

Fajgelbaum, Pablo D. - 2020

We study optimal dynamic lockdowns against Covid-19 within a commuting network. Our framework integrates canonical spatial epidemiology and trade models, and is applied to cities with varying initial viral spread: Seoul, Daegu and NYC-Metro. Spatial lockdowns achieve substantially smaller income...

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Growth Policy, Agglomeration, and (the Lack of) Competition

Brooks, Wyatt J. - 2016

Industrial clusters are promoted by policy and generally viewed as good for growth and development, but both clusters and policies may also enable non-competitive behavior. This paper studies the presence of non-competitive pricing in geographic industrial clusters. We develop, validate, and...

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Industrial Clusters, Networks and Resilience to the Covid-19 Shock in China

Dai, Ruochen - 2020

We examine how exposure of Chinese firms to the Covid-19 shock varied with a cluster index (measuring spatial agglomeration of firms in related industries) at the county level. Two data sources are used: entry flows of newly registered firms in the entire country, and an entrepreneur survey...

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Industrial Clusters in the Long Run : Evidence from Million-Rouble Plants in China

Heblich, Stephan; Seror, Marlon; Xu, Hao; Zylberberg, Yanos - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

in China. A short-lived alliance between the U.S.S.R. and China led to the construction of 150 "Million-Rouble plants" in …

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Science, Philanthropy, and American Leadership

Conn, Robert W.; Cowhey, Peter F.; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

human capital in STEMI areas. We conclude with a comparison of the US research ecosystem to that of China to understand how …

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Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution

Shiue, Carol H. - 2004

compares the actual performance of markets in Europe and China, two regions of the world that were relatively advanced in the … findings suggest that relative levels of market function in China and Europe were similar prior to the Industrial Revolution …

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The Fractured-Land Hypothesis

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2020

. Diamond (1997) famously argued that "fractured land" was responsible for China's tendency toward political unification and … state formation in Eurasia. We find that either topography or productive land alone is sufficient to account for China … productivity in Northern China plays a central role in our simulations. We discuss how our results map into observed historical …

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Author Country of Origin and Attention on Open Science Platforms : Evidence from COVID-19 Preprints

Fry, Caroline; MacGarvie, Megan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Online platforms such as preprint servers have become an important way to disseminate new scientific knowledge prior to peer review. However, little is known about how attention to preprints may vary across authors from different countries of origin, particularly relative to evaluation in...

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A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics

Glaeser, Edward - 2016

is far from certain. The demand for real estate in China is so strong that current prices might be sustainable …

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