inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … inventors are more prevalent in the first bulk of patents of a country in a given technology, as compared to patents filed at … knowledge across nations. …

markups, falling labor share and productivity growth. Patents are an important obstacle to knowledge diffusion. We find an …' access to new and better capital goods depends on the knowledge gap, i.e., the wedge between the firm's technical knowledge … knowledge diffusion subsequently leading to declining business dynamism. Our findings indicate that only when knowledge …

Access to useful knowledge is crucial for fostering modern economic growth. We show, for the first time, that knowledge … monastic volumes. This information is then linked to newly digitized annual data on patents issued in Italy between 1863 and …

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 …

account for this. We estimate the causal effect of teacher subject knowledge on student achievement using within … knowledge ; student achievement ; Peru …

We study the impact of political knowledge on the attitudes of European citizens towards the possible distribution of … of political knowledge on attitudes we use an instrumental variables approach. The results show that more informed …

This paper considers the effect of acquisition FDI on the knowledge production function. We distinguish between … complementarities in the knowledge assets of the MNE and the target firm as a reason for FDI. In contrast, consistent with technology … sourcing FDI, acquisitions from non-leading countries increase internal R&D efforts. -- MNE ; knowledge production function …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …

Student performance in Sub-Saharan Africa is tragically low. We study the importance of teacher subject knowledge for …. After measurement-error correction, a one-standard-deviation increase in teacher subject knowledge raises student … teacher sorting. Furthermore, teacher knowledge and school resources appear to be complements in student learning. …

To study whether current spending levels and public knowledge of them contribute to transatlantic differences in policy … by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary increases is …