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Using the salop circle to study scale effects in Schumpeterian growth models : why inter-sectoral knowledge diffusion matters

Gray, Elie; Grimaud, André - 2016

-desirable scale effects property and assumptions regarding the intensity of knowledge diffusion. In that respect, we extend a standard … Schumpeterian growth model by introducing explicitly knowledge diffusion over a Salop (1979) circle: a continuum of sectors … simultaneously sending and receiving knowledge is located over the circle. The link between knowledge diffusion and scale effects …

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Books go public : the consequences of the expropriation of monastic libraries on innovation

Buonanno, Paolo; Cinnirella, Francesco; Harka, Elona; … - 2024

Access to useful knowledge is crucial for fostering modern economic growth. We show, for the first time, that knowledge …

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chaTree : an oTree addon allowing face-to-face communication in online group experiments

Promann, Timo; Mayer, Jan-Patrick; Mühlheußer, Gerd; … - 2025

This paper presents an oTree addon that allows to include face-to-face communication in the form of a video chat in online group experiments. Group decisions, as opposed to individual decision-making, have recently gained considerable attention. The open-source addon is easy to use, exhibits a...

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Do undergraduate majors or Ph.D. students affect faculty size?

Becker, William E.; Greene, William; Siegfried, John J. - 2010

Regression analysis using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 14 years suggests that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty...

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Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes?

Fischer, Mira; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2015

We investigate whether the field of study influences university students' political attitudes. To disentangle self-selection from learning effects, we first investigate whether the fields of study chosen by the incoming students correlate with their political attitudes. In a second step we...

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Reproducing the stylized facts that motivate models of international trade with heterogeneous firms using the World Bank Enterprise Surveys

Riaño, Alejandro - 2023

This article shows how to use the publicy-available firm-level surveys produced by the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) to reproduce the stylized facts that characterize firm heterogeneity and its relationship with global engagement, as established by Bernard et al. (2007) for manufacturing...

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Division of labor and the organization of knowledge in production : a laboratory experiment

Klockmann, Victor; Schenk, Alicia von; Siemens, … - 2021

Following Garicano (2000), we consider groups whose members decide what knowledge to acquire and how to use this … knowledge in production. If efficient production requires common knowledge, all group members should become workers and acquire … common knowledge. But if efficient production requires diverse knowledge, one group member should become manager, acquire …

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Who stands on the shoulders of Chinese (scientific) giants? : evidence from chemistry

Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023

to push forward the global frontier, but mere production of knowledge does not guarantee that others are able to build on …

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Induced innovation and international environmental agreements : evidence from the ozone regime

Dugoua, Eugenie - 2023

This paper revisits one of the rare success stories in global environmental cooperation: the Montreal Protocol and the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances. I show that the protocol increased science and innovation on alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, and argue that agreements can...

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Climate policy without commitment

Golombek, Rolf; Greaker, Mads; Hoel, Michael - 2010

Climate mitigation policy should be imposed over a long period, and spur development of new technologies in order to make stabilization of green house gas concentrations economically feasible. The government may announce current and future policy packages that stimulate current R&D in...

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