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This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
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We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate po-licy. Creative metropolises base … metropolises. Using data from the US Census Bureau and research on creativity measures, this case study concludes that Baltimore …
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&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills … participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …
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We apply the property rights theory of Grossman-Hart-Moore in the music industry and study the optimal allocation of copyright between the artists who create music and the labels who promote and distribute it. Digital technology opens up a role for new intermediaries. We find that entry of...
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This paper presents a theory of vertically interrelated markets of identical fixed size under implementation of positive indirect network effects. By introducing two Salop circles, a two-sided market model is provided, where intermediaries of differentiated copyrights for intellectual property,...
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We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and … personal creativity as a characteristic of self-employed individuals; second, selfemployment in professions that can be … cultural creativity that deserve further investigation. …
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Talent allocation models assume that entrepreneurial talent is selfish and thus allocates into unproductive or even destructive activities if these offer the highest private returns. This paper experimentally analyzes other-regarding preferences of entrepreneurial talent. We find that making a...
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It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but …
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It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of …
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