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maximize it. Through the links in the collaboration network, researchers create spillovers not only to their direct coauthors … possibly overlapping projects. We bring our model to the data by analyzing the coauthorship network of economists registered in … the coauthorship network. Moreover, we analyze funding instruments for individual researchers as well as research …
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We conduct an artefactual field experiment in real-existing trade networks to analyze how individual network degree … 24 villages in Uganda. To identify the effect of individual degree in the village trade network we experimentally vary … predicted direction when one of the bargainers is informed about the network positions but not when both sides are informed …
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between public and private blockchains, because their economic properties are contrasted. Moreover, governance issues in …
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investigate the impact this change in procurement contracts has on efficiency. Focusing on coal mines, we find that those selling …
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This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize markets and the factors determining national and cross-national transmission of price signals in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices...
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We estimate the cost of transporting corn and the resulting degree of spatial differentiation among downstream firms that buy corn from upstream farmers and examine whether such differentiation softens competition enabling buyers to exert market power (defined as the ability to pay a price for...
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enhance efficiency and farmers' welfare. We develop a structural model of agricultural value chains and estimate it using rich …
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with endogenous network formation and rational inattention and find that high-speed internet reduced information … underscore the importance of digital infrastructure investments in fostering economic growth by improving supply chain efficiency …
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We model non-binding retail-price recommendations (RPRs) as a communication device facilitating coordination in vertical supply relations. Assuming both repeated vertical trade and asymmetric information about production costs, we show that RPRs may be part of a relational contract,...
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This paper investigates how group membership and competition among trustors interact with trust and trustworthiness in a laboratory one-shot trust game. To analyze these effects, we apply a 2x2 design. We induce group membership by letting subjects play coordination games with clear focal...
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