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We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
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It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of …
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This paper forges links between a dynamic theory of markets and the reality of long term market changes. Goods are seen as being linked to the range of actions which they make possible. Thus it can be shown that the evolution of markets is closely connected with changing knowledge and property...
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This study is directly motivated by the results of Eckartz et al (2012). Subjects exerted suprisingly high efforts irrespectively of how they were compensated. This paper discusses a number of potential explanations and then it will focus on two of them: first, subjects might exert effort simply...
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We compare performance in a word based creativity task under three incentive schemes: a flat fee, a linear payment and …
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participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills …
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Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate policy. Creative metropolises base … metropolises. Using data from the US Census Bureau and research on creativity measures, this case study concludes that Baltimore …
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The present study explores the impact exerted by a series of factors and processes including creativity, IPR activities …
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It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but … also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self …
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