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African Export Successes: Surprises, Stylized Facts, and Explanations

Easterly, William; Reshef, Ariell - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

We establish the following stylized facts: (1) Exports are characterized by Big Hits, (2) the Big Hits change from one period to the next, and (3) these changes are not explained by global factors like global commodity prices. These conclusions are robust to excluding extractable products (oil...

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Technology, Trade, and Wages

Adams, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997

same, not oppo- site effect on wages at both skill levels; a rise in the foreign share in world innovation or US patents … decreases US wages; an increase in the US share in world innovation or US patents raises US wages, especially for the less … skilled; and the stock of world innovation and US patents decreases real wages especially for the less skilled. Turning to the …

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The Growing Allocative Inefficiency of the U.S. Higher Education Sector

Adams, James; Clemmons, J. Roger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

This paper presents new evidence on research and teaching productivity in universities using a panel of 102 top U.S. schools during 1981-1999. Faculty employment grows at 0.6 percent per year, compared with growth of 4.9 percent in industrial researchers. Productivity growth per researcher is...

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Science and Industry: Tracing the Flow of Basic Research through Manufacturing and Trade

Adams, James; Clemmons, Roger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

This paper describes flows of basic research through the U.S. economy and explores their implications for scientific output at the industry and field level. The time period is the late 20th century. This paper differs from others in its use of measures of science rather than technology. Together...

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Scientific Teams and Institution Collaborations: Evidence from U.S. Universities, 1981-1999

Adams, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

This paper explores recent trends in the size of scientific teams and in institutional collaborations. The data derive from 2.4 million scientific papers written in 110 leading U.S. research universities over the period 1981-1999. We measure team size by the number of authors on a scientific...

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The NBER-Rensselaer Scientific Papers Database: Form, Nature, and Function

Adams, James; Clemmons, J. Roger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

This article is a guide to the NBER-Rensselaer Scientific Papers Database, which includes more than 2.5 million scientific publications and over 21 million citations to those papers. The data cover an important sample of 110 top U.S. universities and 200 top U.S.-based R&D-performing firms...

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Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

Comin, Diego; Easterly, William; Gong, Erick - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today's national development outcomes. Although our strongest results are for...

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How Rapidly Does Science Leak Out?

Adams, James; Stephan, Paula E.; Clemmons, J. Roger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

In science as well as technology, the diffusion of new ideas influences innovation and productive efficiency. With this …

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Superpower Interventions and their Consequences for Democracy: An Empirical Inquiry

Easterly, William; Satyanath, Shanker; Berger, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

Do superpower interventions to install and prop up political leaders in other countries subsequently result in more or less democracy, and does this effect vary depending on whether the intervening superpower is democratic or authoritarian? While democracy may be expected to decline...

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Can the West Save Africa?

Easterly, William - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach...

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