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Leadership and the Research Productivity of University Departments

Goodall, Amanda H. - 2014

productivity improves when the incoming department Chair's publications are highly cited. A one SD increase in citations is … associated with a 0.5 SD later rise in departmental productivity. By contrast, the quality-weighted publication record per se of …

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The Transatlantic Productivity Gap : Is R&D the Main Culprit?

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - 2011

The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the … last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …

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New Linked Data on Research Investments : Scientific Workforce, Productivity, and Public Value

Lane, Julia - 2014

Longitudinal micro-data derived from transaction level information about wage and vendor payments made by federal grants on multiple U.S. campuses are being developed in a partnership involving researchers, university administrators, representatives of federal agencies, and others. This paper...

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Bonus Payments, Hierarchy Levels and Tenure : Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

Grund, Christian - 2010

Using data on executive compensation for the German chemical industry, we investigate the relevance of two theoretical approaches that focus on bonuses as part of a long term wage policy of a firm. The first approach argues that explicit bonuses serve as substitutes for implicit career concerns....

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Up or Out : Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2012

Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...

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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D : An Introduction Based on the European Experience

Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro - 2014

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts...

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The Impact of Regulation on Innovation

Aghion, Philippe; Bergeaud, Antonin; Van Reenen, John - 2021

Does regulation affect the pace and nature of innovation and if so, by how much? We build a tractable and quantifiable endogenous growth model with size-contingent regulations. We apply this to population administrative firm panel data from France, where many labor regulations apply to firms...

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Opening Up Military Innovation : Causal Effects of 'Bottom-Up' Reforms to U.S. Defense Research

Howell, Sabrina T.; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021

When investing in research and development (R&D), institutions must decide whether to take a top-down approach – soliciting a particular technology – or a bottom-up approach in which innovators suggest ideas. This paper examines a reform to the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation...

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Gender Gaps in the Evaluation of Research : Evidence from Submissions to Economics Conferences

Hospido, Laura - 2019

We study gender differences in the evaluation of submissions to economics conferences. Using data from the Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (2015-2017), the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Economic Association (2012-2017), and the Spring Meeting of Young Economists (2017), we...

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International Mobility of the Highly Skilled, Endogenous R&D, and Public Infrastructure Investment

Grossmann, Volker - 2009

This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labor, an economy's income gap to potential host economies of expatriates, and optimal public infrastructure investment. In a model with endogenous education and Ramp;D investment decisions we show...

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