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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, C. Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257287
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Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272604
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Allocation of Human Capital and Innovation at the Frontier: Firm-level Evidence on Germany and the Netherlands
Bartelsman, Eric; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Peters, Bettina - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions … investing in product innovation in the majority of industries. Frontier firms enjoy the highest returns to pro duct innovation …
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Marriage and the City
Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are thereforeprepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, themarriage market benefits disappear while the housing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255931
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Identification of 'Wasteful Commuting' using Search Theory
Ommeren, Jos Van; Straaten, Willemijn Van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is argued that the commute of the self-employed is the result of a search process for vacant workplaces, whereas employees search for vacant jobs through space. Because the arrival...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256145
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Sin City?
Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? Weinvestigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners bymoving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danishcouples. We find that of the couples who married in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256216
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The Commuting Distribution
Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
-the-jobmobility, spatially-differentiated search or heterogeneity ofjobs. Residential mobility does notappear to explain the shape of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256232
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Dual Track or Academic Route for Auditors
Jonker, Nicole; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
In the Netherlands auditors can be trained in a part-time educational track in which students combine working and studying or in a full-time educational track. The former training is relatively firm-specific whereas the latter training is relatively general. Applying human capital theory, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257420
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Defensive Disclosure under Antitrust Enforcement
Bhaskarabhatla, Ajay; Pennings, Enrico - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
test its implications using unique data on defensivedisclosures and patents by IBM during 1955-1989. Our results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257572
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Inciting Protocols - How International Environmental Agreements Trigger Knowledge Transfers
Dekker, Thijs; Vollebergh, Herman R.J.; Vries, Frans P. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
inventions, and 'family' patents, which represent the same invention but are patentsfiled in foreign countries. Our analysis …-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. We use a uniquely constructed patent data set on SO2 abatement technologies filed in 15 signatory and … non-signatory countries in the period 1970-1997. The data distinguish between so-called 'mother' patents, or original …
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