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> We address the notion of dynamic, endogenous diversity and its role in theories of investment and technological … optimize the net benefits of diversity. The model takes into account increasing returns to scale and the effect of different … dimensions of diversity on the probability of emergence of a third option. We obtain analytical solutions describing the dynamic …
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This paper examines the effects of specialisation (within-sector clustering) and diversity (between-sector clustering …, not necessarily business services firms, so diversity is negatively related to location decisions. Almost all firms either …
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This paper seeks to identify relationships between human capital and cultural capital, in the context of local labour market productivity. The key constituents of human capital, identified in the literature, are jointly examined in a close-to-reality-model. The main advantage of our model of...
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willingness to pay for mixed land use. For example, apartment occupiers are willing to pay almost 25 percent more for diversity …
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Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health, with consequences for wellbeing in old age. Systematic differences in the accuracy of longevity expectations may partly explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education...
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This discussion paper led to a publication in <A href="http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/46/4/875.short">'The Journal of Human Resources'</A>.<p>Anchoring vignettes are increasingly used to identify and correct heterogeneity in the reporting of health, work disability, life satisfaction, political efficacy, etc. with the aim of improving interpersonal...</p></a>
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of an organization. We argue that to further our understanding it should be understood in terms of human cognition of a …
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perspective of transaction cost economics indicates why this industry relies on hybrid forms of organisation. Trust between the …
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networks and related high intra-group trust constitute the major reasons for co-ethnic employment by lowering information and …
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not onlymutual trust, like simple exchange, but also a substantial degree of coordination. We examinewhether players are …
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