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Equalizing Superstars: The Internet and the Democratization of Education
Acemoglu, Daron; Laibson, David; list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Internet-based educational resources are proliferating rapidly. One concern associated with these (potentially transformative) technological changes is that they will be disequalizing - as many technologies of the last several decades have been - creating superstar teachers and a winner-take-all...
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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025232
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Exploring Tradeoffs in the Organization of Scientific Work: Collaboration and Scientific Reward
Bikard, Michaël; Murray, Fiona E.; Gans, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
When do scientists and other knowledge workers organize into collaborative teams and why do they do so for some projects and not others? At the core of this important organizational choice is, we argue, a tradeoff between the productive efficiency of collaboration and the credit allocation that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969275
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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
to fostering innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969384
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Defacto and Deeded Intellectual Property: Knowledge-Driven Co-Evolution of Firm Collaboration Boundaries and IPR Strategy
Zucker, Lynne; Darby, Michael R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Research on intellectual property has focused on formal legally recorded rights that we call deeded, most often measured by granted patents. Meanwhile, other "defacto" IP (mainly purposive secrecy and natural excludability) has become more important because of the increasing closeness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950753
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Patent Laws and Innovation: Evidence from Economic History
Moser, Petra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
What is the optimal system of intellectual property rights to encourage innovation? Empirical evidence from economic … existence of strong patent laws encourage innovation? And 2) May patent laws influence the direction - as opposed to the rate … innovations in developing countries, discourage innovation in the developing countries? This essay summarizes results of existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950825
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Patents and the Global Diffusion of New Drugs
Cockburn, Iain M.; Lanjouw, Jean O.; Schankerman, Mark - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper studies how patent rights and price regulation affect how fast new drugs are launched in different countries, using newly constructed data on launches of 642 new drugs in 76 countries for the period 1983-2002, and information on the duration and content of patent and price control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950846
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Leaders and Followers: Perspectives on the Nordic Model and the Economics of Innovation
Stiglitz, Joseph E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
innovation. After identifying pervasive market failures in innovation, it explains why those associated with the Nordic model may … be particularly conducive to innovation, and demonstrates that, in general, the optimal policies of the leader should … industrial policies, public investments, and systems of social protection), not only leading to more innovation, but ensuring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950953
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What Do We Learn From Schumpeterian Growth Theory?
Howitt, Peter; Aghion, Philippe; Akcigit, Ufuk - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Schumpeterian growth theory has "operationalized" Schumpeter''s notion of creative destruction by developing models based on this concept. These models shed light on several aspects of the growth process which could not be properly addressed by alternative theories. In this survey, we focus on...
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Private Equity and the Innovation Strategies of Entrepreneurial Firms: Empirical Evidence from the Small Business Innovation Research Program
Link, Albert N.; Ruhm, Christopher; Siegel, Donald S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
There is great interest in evaluating the impact of private equity investments on innovation and economic growth …. However, there is no direct empirical evidence on the effects of such transactions on the innovation strategies of … Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program research awards. We find that SBIR firms attracting private equity investments are …
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