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Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2016

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …

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Employee performance and mental well-being : the mitigating effects of transformational leadership during crisis

Czura, Kristina; Englmaier, Florian; Ho, Hoa; Spantig, Lisa - 2023

The positive role of transformational leadership on productivity and mental well-being has long been established. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of complexity and uncertainty. We exploit...

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The efficacy of tournaments for non-routine team tasks

Englmaier, Florian; Grimm, Stefan; Grothe, Dominik; … - 2021

Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but …

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Population, pensions, and endogenous economic growth

Heer, Burkhard (contributor); Irmen, Andreas (contributor) - 2008

expensive and innovation investments that increase labor productivity are more profitable. We incorporate this channel in a new …

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Property rights, optimal public enforcement, and growth

Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - 2011 - Revised vers.: November 27, 2011

We study the link between public enforcement of property rights, innovation investments, and economic growth in an …

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Endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change in the neoclassical growth model

Irmen, Andreas; Tabakovic, Amer - 2015

innovation investments that increase the productivity of capital and labor in the performance of their respective tasks. These …

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Incentives, reputation and the allocation of authority

Englmaier, Florian; Filipi, Ales; Singh, Ravi - 2010

We address the question how much authority a principal should delegate to a manager with conflicting interests and uncertain ability in a context in which the manager has both compensation-based and reputational incentives. The optimal level of authority balances the value of the manager's...

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Contracts and Inequity aversion

Englmaier, Florian; Wambach, Achim - 2002

Using the concept of Inequity Aversion we derive in a Moral Hazard setting several results which differ from conventional contract theory. Our three key insights are: First, inequity aversion plays a crucial role in the design of optimal contracts. Second, there is a strong tendency towards...

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