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Moser, Petra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

This paper argues that the ability to keep innovations secret may be a key determinant of patenting. To test this hypothesis, the paper examines a newly-collected data set of more than 7,000 American and British innovations at four world's fairs between 1851 and 1915. Exhibition data show that...

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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism

Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order of society whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values...

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Property Rights and Parliament in Industrializing Britain

Bogart, Daniel; Richardson, Gary - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

During Britain's industrialization, Parliament operated a forum where rights to land and resources could be reorganized. This venue enabled landholders and communities to exploit economic opportunities that could not be accommodated by the inflexible rights regime inherited from the past. In...

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Economic Growth in the Mid Atlantic Region: Conjectural Estimates for 1720 to 1800

Rosenbloom, Joshua L.; Weiss, Thomas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

We employ the conjectural approach to estimate the growth of GDP per capita for the colonies and states of the mid-Atlantic region (Del., NJ, NY and Penn). In contrast to previous studies of the region's growth that relied heavily on the performance of the export sector, the conjectural method...

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The National Rise in Residential Segregation

Logan, Trevon D.; Parman, John - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

This paper introduces a new measure of residential segregation based on individual-level data. We exploit complete census manuscript files to derive a measure of segregation based upon the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. Our measure allows us to analyze segregation consistently and...

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Agglomeration: A Dynamic Approach

Hanlon, Walker; Miscio, Antonio - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This paper studies the sources of agglomeration economies in cities. We begin by introducing a simple dynamic spatial equilibrium model that incorporates spillovers within and across industries, as well as city-size effects. The model generates a dynamic panel-data estimation equation. We...

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What Was New About the New Deal?

Fishback, Price Vanmeter; Wallis, John Joseph - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

During the presidential election of 1932 Franklin Roosevelt promised a New Deal for the American people. Our goal is to describe the changes wrought by the New Deal. To what extent did the New Deal expand existing programs? What new programs were created at all levels of government? How did the...

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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

Glaeser, Edward Ludwig; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly with employment growth across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near...

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"Unfinished Business": Ethnic Complementarities and the Political Contagion of Peace and Conflict in Gujarat

Jha, Saumitra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

I examine how the historical legacies of inter-ethnic complementarity and competition influence contemporary electoral competition and its effects on patterns of ethnic violence. Using local comparisons within Gujarat, a single Indian state known for its non-violent local traditions yet also for...

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The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s

Fishback, Price Vanmeter; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

markets after developing a new data set for over 2800 counties in the United States. In counties with fewer than 50,000 people …, where financial markets were not as well developed as in larger cities, the HOLC's financial interventions helped stimulate … the demand for owned housing more than it influenced the supply. In rental markets the HOLC appears to have contributed to …

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